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Endorphin Rush on Evanston's Mt. Trashmore
"Sorry ... I can't read that warning sign right now ... I'm trying not to kill myself."
Snowy mornings are happy mornings for kids. Snowy mornings mean sledding and tobogganing and snowboarding and sliding down hills. Snowy mornings – especially after over six inches of fresh snow have fallen-- are magical; they take on an almost Rockwellian vibe. Have you been to Mt. Trashmore? It's that huge hill in Robert James Park that you can easily see from Dodge and Oakton. It's the hill that exercise buffs run up and down during their kids' baseball and soccer practices during warmer seasons. According to Wikipedia: Mount Trashmore is a 65 ft. hill located in Robert E. James Park in Evanston, Illinois. Mount Trashmore is an example of landfill reuse as it was a solid waste landfill that was closed and converted into a park in …
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8:05 pm on Monday, December 27, 2010
When I was a wee tot, back in the olden days, the big hill was not off limits and the toboggan run was in full operation. How I long for the pre-litigious days of yesteryear. more ›