The places that don't make you apologize for the kids. Restaurants with crayons that aren't an afterthought, parks with shade and bathrooms, the ice-cream stop with the line on a hot Tuesday.
A marina restaurant and bar on a channel off Fox Lake with over 100 boat slips, a playground and basketball/horseshoe area, and weekend live music.
An ice cream and candy shop on Route 173 in Antioch.
Four paved bike trails totaling about six miles, a 2.25-mile Nature's Way hiking trail, an accessible quarter-mile trail at Pike Marsh North, and roughly eight miles of equestrian trail.
A state park anchoring the west end of the lake chain, established in 1945, with camping and boating access along the historic Fox River route Joliet and Marquette traveled in 1673.