Sara DeTolve, naturalist with the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, leads hikers on the New Year’s Wellness Walk on Sunday morning at Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington Hills. (Karie Angell Luc for the Daily Herald)
It was well below freezing, occasionally overcast and the ground was still slick and wet with the previous day’s snow, but for Cathy Shike of Hoffman Estates, it all added up to “gorgeous.”
Shike and other hearty nature lovers trekked out to Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington Hills on Sunday morning for the New Year’s Wellness Walk along the preserve’s wooded trails.
“I think it just restores the soul,” said hiker Ellen Ward of Barrington. “It’s beautiful to spend time outside.”
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