Beaver Dam State Park

Last Saturday, we were looking for an excursion.  Not too far from home, but someplace we hadn't already been 1,000 times.  Looking at the map on my phone, I noticed a small-ish splotch of green about 45 minutes north of us.  Scrolling in, I see Beaver Dam State Park in Plainview, IL.  Quick google, and it looks like a good candidate.  And close enough to Staunton for a quilt shop side trip.

A nice drive, and a nice park.  Not huge, but calm and peaceful.  And a few photos to boot.  Click for larger versions.

We spent a while wandering the site, enjoying the (rather cool) October day.  I want to go back sometime and check out all of the trail around the lake, they said (at the concession stand) it is about 3 miles.  And the concession stand even had a wine tasting from Plainview Vinyard and Winery.  So we had a few tastes, and picked up a bottle to go with our evening meal.

This one is from just 1.5 miles or so northest of the park....