Hard to believe we're not that far away from the season when the colors will start to change signaling the arrival of Fall. If you're a fan of watching leaves performing this annual ritual, you need to drive down the Mississippi River a ways to an Illinois state park that was named one of the best places in America to see the changing of the seasons.
Due to an unusually warm and late start to the fall season most of the trees in the Rockford area still have their leaves so the annual tradition of raking up your leaves hasn't started yet.