On Saturday, March 28th Rebecca and Richard decided to go on an adventure to Giant City State Park. Rebecca thought that Richard would like to spend the day enjoying nature since it was such a beautiful day out! There are a lot of things to do at Giant City including hiking, climbing the rocks, and visiting the lodge. The lodge has a restaurant, visitor center, and gift shop.
Rebecca also though that Richard would like Giant City State Park because it is a historical site! In 1933 Franklin D Roosevelt started Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to create jobs during the Great Depression. The CCC were assigned to work on Giant City State Park where they stayed for 9 years. The men did many tasks around Giant City including road construction, landscaping, foot trails, guard rails, construction of the lodge and cabins, and general forestry improvements.
While visiting, Rebecca and Richard were able to admire the work that the men of the CCC did to help make Giant City as beautiful as it is now. In the picture above you can see part of a cabin that the CCC built.
Rebecca and Richard left Mrs. Stearn's class in Wham and walked home to Rebecca's house where Richard stayed for a few days relaxing. Then, Rebecca and Richard traveled by car to Giant City where they enjoyed their day and drove back to Rebecca's house. After another few days of Ricard relaxing at Rebecca's home, Rebecca and Richard walked back to Mrs. Stearn's class in Wham. Richard's total distance traveled with Rebecca was 23 miles. His total miles traveling with his other friends is 6,105.8 miles!
The address of Giant City Lodge is 460 Giant City Lodge Road Makanda, IL 62958. The latitude of the location is 37.597850 N and the longitude is 89.196353 W.
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