Zac Wiles & Stephanie Greiff wedding website: http://greiffandwiles.ourwedding.com/
The Ceremony and Reception will be at Starved Rock State Park. Starved Rock is located 3 miles south of I-80 (Utica exit #81) on Route 178 near LaSalle/Peru & Ottawa. It is about 1.5 hours west of Chicago.
GPS coordinates: N 41.31671, W 88.99415
The wedding ceremony will be outdoors at the Sunrise Shelter on the East side of the Main Lodge at 5 pm and the reception will be in the main lodge immediately following.
There are one and two room Pioneer cabins surrounding this East area which are in the reserved block for Saturday & Sunday nights. Two large four-room Deluxe cabins rented as individual rooms are located on the west side near the indoor pool and are also reserved as part of the block for Saturday and Sunday (see attached graphic).
Rooms are also in the reserved block in the Main Lodge & Hotel for both Saturday and Sunday nights. http://www.starvedrocklodge.com/
The lodge and cabins are fairly close together and an easy walk between sites.
Please make individual room reservations by calling (800)-868-7625 (ROCK) to book rooms before June 21 for either Saturday-Sunday (7/21 & 22) or Sunday only (7/22/12), otherwise the block of rooms will be released. Reservations must be done by calling, not online. Rooms can be cancelled up to 72 hours before stay.
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Additional lodging can also be found just outside the park in Utica & Ottawa and of course along I-80:
Starved Rock Inn is a rustic eight-room country motel in Utica.
This inn is not included in the wedding block of rooms, but is associated with Starved Rock State Park:
Grizzly Jack’s Grand Bear Resort with a kids waterpark located one mile south of Starved Rock State Park entrance:
More lodging in the immediate area can be found at:
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Great Sightseeing:
Check out all the things to see on their website:
There is a really neat lock & dam on the Illinois River next to the State Park with a great visitor center for viewing barge traffic.
Illinois-Michigan (I&M) Canal Boat ride: http://www.lasallecanalboat.org/
More things to do in LaSalle County: http://www.enjoylasallecounty.com/
Ottawa is nice town to the east of Starved Rock State Park and has some shopping, mansion tour, lodging, and other amenities: http://www.experienceottawa.com/
Illinois Riverboat tours, boat & canoe rentals are available:
If you are approaching from the West (Nebraska folks), then you might want to check out John Deere’s home, museum & factory tours:
Everything from the 1,400 acre world headquarters in Moline, Illinois & factory tours (48 hour notice needed) to the blacksmith shop of John Deere in Dixon, Illinois where it all began.
If you are feeling really adventuresome, you can even jump out of a perfectly good airplane at Skydive Chicago, just north of Ottawa. Zac, Kelly & I can personally recommend it.
And of course, if you get bored with all of that, the City of Chicago is only about 1.5 hours east of Starved Rock State Park.
We are getting excited to see all the family & friends for the celebration of the wedding for Zac & Stephanie at 5pm on Sunday, July 22nd, 2012.
Come early - stay late and most of all have fun!
Ed & Janice
Zac & Stephanie
Ed & Janice
Zac & Stephanie
Hope the wedding went just as planned and that it was a lovely event. We are also making plans for my daughter’s wedding, as she will be getting married within a few months. We have booked one of the magnificent LA event venues for the wedding, and are now looking for some caterers and decorators.
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