Illinois Beach State Park

After Coffee I stopped by Illinois Beach State Park. I was the only one there and the entire beach was lined with a shelf of ice, snow, and sand packed together and being eroded away by the waves leaving these caverns full of icicles. Even with the backdrop of a spent nuclear power plant, it was magical.

Gulls with Nuclear Power Plant

Boy with Nuclear Power Plant

Drip


Icicle Drips

Temporary Stalactites


Chicago in the distance

Cairn


Fault

Tracks


One hour in the sun and my freckles appear

What a State Park. Nuclear power plant and asbestos contamination. I did not see this warning until after I had walked around, picked up rocks, and played on the ice. I refrained from licking my fingers the whole way home.