Back in the Rockport State Recreational Area forest lies over 12 relatively un-explored Devonian Era sinkhole karst features. These sinkholes are filled with water and might contain clues as to what has occurred during the last Holocene as well as the possibility of some interesting man-made and natural artifacts that may be preserved at the bottom of these sinks. Furthermore, understanding the geological...
Shawnee National Forest The Shawnee National Forest is a the biggest woods located on the southern sandstone escarpment of Illinois. 320 Million years ago there was an ocean that covered the lands we see today in the Shawnee but only folded mud and sandstone strata layers are left from that time. We drove down to the Garden Of the Gods to view the sandstone spires...
Shipwreck of the S.S. Wisconsin After years of talking about going out to the SS wisconsin I was finally able to get out there and see this historic shipwreck 5 miles off Simmon Island Harbor in Kenosha. I was nice to get some dive time with my friend Leo Quartullo once again and finally get a chance to go diving with Jack Schafer...
I got a good night sleep and was excited to get back on the water for another day of diving. We loaded up the cars and checked out of our motel in a dense fog. Fog is not so great driving through or even navigating in, but it usually means that we will have some calm conditions on the lake....and we did!! The lake...
Rouse Simmons Photo By: Jitka Hanakova www.shipwreckexplorers.com Surface Interval at the Rouse Simmons Rouse Simmons Photo By: Jitka Hanakova www.shipwreckexplorers.com On November 22nd. 1912, the Rouse Simmons was determined to get to Chicago with her load of Christmas trees. Water Stech and Adam Haydock at the Stern of the Rouse Simmons Photo By: Jitka Hanakova www.shipwreckexplorers.com Captain Schuenemann and a crew of around...
