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Alaskawildkat

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With no immediate game to focus on a Lakefront hike could be a welcome diversion. There is nothing quite like a campus stroll in fall on Northwestern's Lakefront Campus to include ventures into Deering Meadow and the Shakespeare Garden. So here is a challenge to those living within driving distance of Evanston. Head to campus and take in the fall foliage along with the autumn breeze wafting in from Lake Michigan.

For the rest of us, head to the closest lake or water feature to at least replicate in part the Evanston Experience.

To inspire the effort, here are some words of encouragement gleaned from postings along the shores of Lake Tahoe as captured yesterday on our five mile hike along the Lake's eastern shore.

 
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Alaskawildkat

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Some added view from yesterday's venture which reminded how we owe a debt of gratitude to the forest fire fighters whose efforts this year have preserved the landscape near the shores of Lake Tahoe despite the damage to its environs.

As evident, the smoke that has clouded the area for months is now lifted.

 
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Alaskawildkat

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While paling in comparison the colors of fall as seen on Northwestern's Evanston Campus, the West does have a measure of same:

 
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eastbaycat99

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Alaskacat, since you’ve ventured down to the great state of California, are you visiting the Bay Area for fleet week celebrations today and tomorrow? The Blue Angels alternately thrilling and terrorizing all the denizens of the land of fog is quite a spectacle.
 
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Sure….walking out in the wilderness is easy when you have Spider-Man there to protect you!
 
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Great pics, Alaskawildkat. I agree that fall walks are a good way to keep things in perspective.
 
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Best time of year.The colors,the cool mornings,the warm afternoons.Then a little later in fall a briskness in the air to put a spring in one’s step .Great pics as always Alaska.Safe travels.
 
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Alaskawildkat

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eastbaycat99 said:
Alaskacat, since you’ve ventured down to the great state of California, are you visiting the Bay Area for fleet week celebrations today and tomorrow? The Blue Angels alternately thrilling and terrorizing all the denizens of the land of fog is quite a spectacle.
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Thanks for the suggestion.

We ended up taking in a visit to one of the Apple Hill Orchards in El Dorado County along with taking in the once a year "Gold Rush Live" event at the site of Sutter Mill where the gold was discovered in 1848 that set off the California Gold Rush. (For the event a gold rush era town was recreated with period actors who remained in character.

 
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Alaskawildkat

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Alaskawildkat said:
We ended up ..... taking in the once a year "Gold Rush Live" event at the site of Sutter Mill where the gold was discovered in 1848 that set off the California Gold Rush. (For the event a gold rush era town was recreated with period actors who remained in character.
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Alaskawildkat

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The recreated gold rush town for "Gold Rush Live" along with the period actors who remained in character:

 
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Alaskawildkat said:
With no immediate game to focus on a Lakefront hike could be a welcome diversion. There is nothing quite like a campus stroll in fall on Northwestern's Lakefront Campus to include ventures into Deering Meadow and the Shakespeare Garden. So here is a challenge to those living within driving distance of Evanston. Head to campus and take in the fall foliage along with the autumn breeze wafting in from Lake Michigan.

For the rest of us, head to the closest lake or water feature to at least replicate in part the Evanston Experience.

To inspire the effort, here are some words of encouragement gleaned from postings along the shores of Lake Tahoe as captured yesterday on our five mile hike along the Lake's eastern shore.

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Nice pictures. I've never been to Tahoe, even though we lived in California for a couple of years. I did spend some time this past summer on Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho, which is also a beautiful spot.
 
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Hope you saw the Chargers exciting win over the Browns today. I grew up a Browns fan and was a Chargers fan.😊 Not a bye week for NU football alums playing in this game for both teams. Sorry that Jackson didn’t play today but plenty of other former Purple Players on the field. What a game.
 
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Alaskawildkat

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AstroCat said:
Great pics, Alaskawildkat. I agree that fall walks are a good way to keep things in perspective.
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Arlcatsfan said:
Best time of year.The colors,the cool mornings,the warm afternoons.Then a little later in fall a briskness in the air to put a spring in one’s step .Great pics as always Alaska.Safe travels.
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We have certainly lucked out with enjoyable cool mornings here in The Golden State. This morning's venture was a visit to the State Capital, its grounds, and nearby historic Stanford House where the Stanford family lived before funding our West Coast
Competitor.

The house tour guide shared a comment from a Cal grad that NU alums might also appreciate. Reportedly the Cal students refer to those attending the Palo Alto school as attendees of "Stanford Jr. College."

(The full name of Stanford is "Leland Stanford Junior University" as honoring the name of the Stanford family's only child who died in 1884 at the age of 16 of typhoid fever that he and his mother had contracted on a European tour.)

 
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Alaskawildkat

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Alaskawildkat said:
With no immediate game to focus on a Lakefront hike could be a welcome diversion. There is nothing quite like a campus stroll in fall on Northwestern's Lakefront Campus to include ventures into Deering Meadow and the Shakespeare Garden. So here is a challenge to those living within driving distance of Evanston. Head to campus and take in the fall foliage along with the autumn breeze wafting in from Lake Michigan.
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Located some of my past taken photos of the Campus Lakefront and ventures into Dearing Meadow and the Shakespeare Garden as pictured in the fall:

 
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Alaskawildkat said:
With no immediate game to focus on a Lakefront hike could be a welcome diversion. There is nothing quite like a campus stroll in fall on Northwestern's Lakefront Campus to include ventures into Deering Meadow and the Shakespeare Garden. So here is a challenge to those living within driving distance of Evanston. Head to campus and take in the fall foliage along with the autumn breeze wafting in from Lake Michigan.

For the rest of us, head to the closest lake or water feature to at least replicate in part the Evanston Experience.

To inspire the effort, here are some words of encouragement gleaned from postings along the shores of Lake Tahoe as captured yesterday on our five mile hike along the Lake's eastern shore.

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If all of those statements are valid, get the oil companies and mining companies and timber companies OUT OF ALASKA, or they will make it just like the other places their practices have destroyed.
 
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Alaskawildkat said:
Located some of my past taken photos of the Campus Lakefront and ventures into Dearing Meadow and the Shakespeare Garden as pictured in the fall:

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That's cute! That second picture tells me those must have been taken back during that short window when the Cubs were good.
 
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