Friday

On Friday I got to go to another ravine for this Lake Forest/Fort Sheridan ravines project. this ravine, Bartlett, is actually on the Fort Sheridan army base, in the residential sector. There is a road all the way down the ravine, but it is not associated with the residences. it runs through people's backyards. apparently the road was for access to the beach for army vehicles. now the road is closed to vehicles, because Open Lands bought it to restore it as a nature preserve. it wasn't quite as beautiful as the other ravine, but it was still pretty cool, and the beach part was nice - lots of huge boulders.
Friday night found me driving to my friend James's favorite hot dog place, SuperDog, whose roof is graced by a six-foot-tall hotdog dressed as Tarzan, and another dressed as Jane. This place has a *lot* of character, and the hot dogs are awesome. You sit in your car and order, like in the 50's, but the waitresses just walk, they don't roller skate. It was still fun, though, and the first time i'd driven anywhere in about 2 weeks.