Carrie Steinweg
Times Correspondent
Summer is almost officially here according to the calendar. But it already feels like summer. School is out for the year in most places, the sun is shining and after the past year, everyone is ready to slip into long, lazy days by the pool. Start off your summer by making a summer bucket list for your family and have fun checking things off one by one. Here are a few ideas:
Go fishing. If your kids have never dropped a pole in the water before, why not pick up some poles and introduce them to this pastime? With rivers and lakes small and large in the region, there are plenty of places to snag a fish â from the Kankakee River to Cedar Lake to the shores of Lake Michigan.