Shortly after we got here, we were hungry. It was dinner time. There wasn’t really any food in the house. So, we got in the car - looked at each other - and had no idea where to go for dinner. We’d seen a lot of places we thought we’d like to try but we didn’t really remember where any of those restaurants WERE. Some strip mall… somewhere. Some corner by some hot dog stand… somewhere. Maybe in Niles? Or was that Northbrook?

I just decided to drive - toward Milwaukee, there were a lot of restaurants on Milwaukee… or maybe there weren’t?

Before we knew it, we had driven for ages and had landed in Wheeling, IL without seeing any restaurant we really wanted to eat at.

We did, however, discover Dam #1 Woods. It was late and we didn’t stop but we knew we’d have to take the kids out to the Damn Woods for a hike… and we did, way back in August… and it was great fun.

It was fun because there’s not a whole lot of hiking to be done. This means the 15 year old who doesn’t really like to be outside, “walking for fun & pleasure”, didn’t have time to complain or harass his siblings. And since they all three enjoyed saying “Damn Woods” over and over again, there were absolutely no complaints about the trip. We just plain had fun.

We’re also looking forward to warm weather so we can go to Dam Woods #2 and Dam Woods #3.