O.K I am interested in going, I did not vote yet. Midlothian is the farthest from me and the other three places are about the same distance.
A couple of days ago I told my Husband that on Aug 31st we were going to blow off Church (as he is not scheduled to serve and Sept 7th is the first day of Sunday School, with teaching I only take off the Sunday by our Halloween Party) and we were to have Mimosa's in the Hot Tub.
He has been working ALOT, he has a full time (40 -50 hours a week) job that is an hour drive each away & We started our own Business a few years ago that we just took out a lease on a building so he puts in at least 20 hours a week there. I could bail on him, but would feel bad after I picked that day.
So I am going to let everyone else make the plans and Hopefully it will work for me!
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This is a great idea! Thinking a Saturday would be better. Not familiar with any of the places (though I know generally where the towns are), I'd vote for a central location since I'd be coming over from relatives in the south suburbs (Lansing).
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When "Wild Chicago" filmed in Bach. Grove they were eaten alive by a swarm of micro-vampires called mosquitos!
My place The Ravens Grin Inn is 3 hours due west of Chicago on rt. 64 (also known as "North Ave.) We are two hours from Batavia/St. Charles area.
The graveyard across from my house has 6,400 bodies there with quite a collection of the fancy 1880 type markers. The graveyard has a small river that wraps around three sides of it with the city park next to it through the woods, sort of a desolate location.
This part of Illinois is the only part of this state that didnot get crunched under the glacier 80,000 years ago. Steep hills, deep valleys, Dolomite cliffs, 2,000 yr. old Indian burial mounds, the widest spot in the Miss. River (3 miles across) Wholly Mamouth mastadon molars were found in this county 2 yrs. ago(shallow digging here versus the rest of the state)
Then there is that haunting theory involving Dolomite rock with it's age and high levels of magnesium doing a storage energy thing creating the haunting.
The downtown, where I am, looks like a movie set for an 1880 movie with the 1855 county courthouse, Civil war monument, two cannons, wrought iron courthouse steps and cast iron fountain. Wrought iron Mesker Bros. store fronts on most of the downtown might be the largest collection of such antiquity in the country.
Houses here are cheaper than ever, thanks to the widespread haunting that seems to happen up and down the two oldest steeets in this little town of 1,700.
A sudden unexplainable scream or crashing of invisible objects/sound has sent potential home buyers running along with the realator numerous time from numerous houses here.
It might be dolomite-influenced?
Could my wine cellar be haunted because of a dolomite influence? The floor is one big solid chunk of dolomite as are parts of the side walls!
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First, I called the Midlothian police department regarding Bachelors' Grove. They said that the Cook County Sheriff's department was responsible for the cemetery, but the cop I talked to did not think that a daytime visit was illegal. I'll try to get a hold of the sheriff's department to clarify on Wednesday.
Second, as I suspected, I will not be able to make a Saturday gathering until October 4th. I found out today that I have vacations, weddings, and birthday parties planned for the next 6 Saturdays which absolutely sucks for soooo many reasons. If you go on one of the next 6 Saturdays, I hope you all have a blast! If you go on a Sunday, I'll be there!! I absolutely don't want to sway the decision considering most of the votes have been for an upcoming Saturday. So I hope that you guys have a great time! I'm still going to look into the legalities of Bachelors' Grove for you all.
Terra, Willie's Weenie Wagon is called something else now. I think new owners.
Aww...
I loved saying that name Willie's Weenie Wagon. LOL! I hope the dogs still taste the same. I go there every time I visit Midlo.
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I absolutely don't want to sway the decision considering most of the votes have been for an upcoming Saturday. So I hope that you guys have a great time! I'm still going to look into the legalities of Bachelors' Grove for you all. 
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