It is the Potawatomi Conservatory in South Bend, IN. It only takes about an hour or so to walk through and I believe is $3 per adult. The hours I think are 10-4 during week and 10-3 on Saturday. I'd say South Bend is probably about 1.5-2 hours from Chicago plus a time change so it would be a bit of a trip for you but we also have an awesome zoo right across the street!

puglvr1, Thanks for the comment, I try to make everything happy. I am thinking of trying some smart pots or rootmaker grow bags for some of my tropical edible plants.

There is at least as much maintenance using man made material as there is using wood. Deck Pros and refinish Co have said this from the begening. Mold / Mildew will grow on most anything including us if we stay still long enough. The define of low maintenance started right after the first stick of composite came off the drying racks and will not stop. Plain and simple an outside project requires work to keep it looking nice, look at it the same as your car left alone without any care its not going to look/ run all that good no matter how much you paid for it. Far as TT Decking/Rail systems go it is in the high end along with Moisture Sheild and a couple others. The install instrustions far as ground clearance/cross ventalation/spacing/sister joists.... must be followed to get any place near what the Co say will happen. It is possible to put a high grade finish on composite material, I have done this with very good results but doing this is not what the normal Wallet wants to hear so its not what the Co say. South American lumber..ipe,garapa,masenramduba.. left alone with no finish exposed to the sun will go gray/silver installed corectley this material requires as close to low maintenance as a person can get but same kinda deal its all in the define it has to be kept clean or its going to look like Sh!ttt in a few years. Like the Contractor that broke me in usta say " when I came to this Country you could get a 5 cent beer and a free lunch but there aint no 5 cent beer now and there is no free lunch so you might just as well go to Work!!! " Warren Ove sigh... J.

From a sign at this point: The Legend of Twin Rocks The village of Kahali'i was located on this large point of land which extends into Onomea Bay. Though the village is the gone, the descendants of Kahali'i still remember some of legends concerning the area's landmarks. One story tells of the origin of two rock formations at the head of the Onomea Bay that are said to a young man and woman, known as the lovers of Kahali'i. Legend has it that one day, a chief of the village spotted many canoes with sails heading shoreward in their direction. Fearing an attack, the chiefs and village elders held a council to determine a course of action. They decided to build a reef to prevent a landing on their beaches. Not having the means to complete the task quickly enough, they asked for two young lovers to be the guides and protectors of the village by giving their lives. Two willing individuals were found. That night a decree was sent to all who lived at Kahali'i to remain indoors from sunset to sunrise without making any light or sound, on a penalty of death. In the light of the new day, everyone went down to the shoreline where they were amazed to find the lovers gone, and in their place two gigantic rock formations at the entrance of the bay, attached to each others, as if on guard. The chief informed the people that no canoe could now pass the treacherous currents swirling around the rocks unless allowed to do so by the guardians. The lovers and their offspring still stand today, sentinels at the head of the bay.