If you want to feel like you're in the tropics this summer without actually traveling there, check out Three Oaks Recreation Area in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
If you're prepping for opening up that swimming pool for the Rockford summer season, you'll want to read this because a national chlorine shortage is widespread and it will likely get worse, which will drive chlorine prices even higher.
Last Summer I looked forward to Sunday every weekend. We all go to my friend Kim's house to grill, eat, drink, tan, swim, and be silly. Yesterday was a bit different.