105 – Dry Run Creek, Bradley Park
Bradley Park’s Dry Run Creek. This photo is somewhat decieving. Most of the creek in the park has man-made sheer walls, but there are a few sections that look natural; had I taken a photo facing the opposite direction, you would see cement walls.
I think Josh Harris figured out my secret. When all else fails, guess something near my neighborhood.
November 25th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Awesome Photo — haven’t a clue where, though.
November 26th, 2006 at 8:02 am
Part of Kickapoo Creek??
November 26th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
Forest Park Nature Center???
November 26th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
I don’t think it’s Forest Park. Nowhere that big on the creek that runs thru there. The only thing I can think of big enough on the Peoria side is Kickapoo Cr. but the sides don’t look steep enough.
If Pekin is in-bounds for NTPL, then I would guess Lick Creek in McNaughton Park.
BTW – the twisted object at the bottom of the bank in the lower left looks like a deer carcass?
November 26th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
I will assure you that there is no deer carcass in this photo; although my daughter did soak her jeans while she was jumping rocks.
Pekin counts, but if I were taking a picture of Lick Creek, It would be of my favorite golf course.
November 27th, 2006 at 7:17 am
Dry run creek?
March 9th, 2009 at 12:34 am
I’d hiked every inch of the Dry Run, from Kickapoo Creek up the north branch to Northwoods and the east branch to Nebraska Avenue, but I confess I don’t recognize the photo at all. I remember all of it being a lot deeper and rock-filled than the photo, owing to the additional runoff in the last 40+ years from all the construction to the north.
For a while kids had the dangerous habit of riding the cement-based stream starting at Sheridan Road during rainstorms. If the rain is especially heavy, the fast moving stream backs up into a big lagoon behind a cement wall about two blocks west of University. This results in a big wave, not visible to anyone, because it is under the eastbound lanes of I74. Getting caught in this frothy, debris filled wave took the life of someone years ago.