Saturday, April 14, 2012

Calumet area moraines, ancient shorelines and outwash

I embark On my journey of the calumet area moraines, I start my journey in Lowell on rt 2. I drive east towards i65 on both side of the road it is relatively flat. Instead of taking i65 I choose Colorado ave, it is a more natural landscape than 65
as I continue north towards 231 we cross from the valpariso moraine into the lake border moraine.


The journey continues towards rt 30 the west to dyer to view the ancient glen wood shoreline.
We drive towards dyer following rt 30. As we arrive in Schererville it is easy to see the ancient shoreline towards the south of rt 30.
Just past Meyers castle I turn in to take some photos of one of the last remaining ancient dunes.


Then traveling east on rt 30 I take St John road south to arrive to some marshland


Then I take rt 41 south traveling through the Tinley moraine toward the Valparaiso moraine. Driving down 41 you can see the different land scapes from hilly


To flat farmland. I continue towards the lasalle fish and wildlife area on the Kankakee river




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