Official Looking Aircraft We first noticed to military helicopters flying in formation heading towards the DuPage County Airport. We got nosy and decided to follow. Across the field from Powis Road you could see a fairly enormous Air Force jet. We drove to the Kirk side of the airport and noticed that it was parked [...]
Ride to the Ride We left home at about 10 PM with the idea of riding from our home to the ride start in time to register, grab some food and use the washrooms. We set a leisurely pace and avoided as much traffic as possible. You never know when a slightly buzzed driver will [...]
About the Ride The ChainLink forum had listed this ride today: Time: July 30, 2011 from 10am to 6pm Location: Buckingham Fountain Street: Columbus Drive at Congress Parkway City/Town: Chicago, IL Website or Map: http://pierogifest.net/ Event Type: social, eating, interstate, music Organized By: John A relaxed ride along the Lakefront Path and Burnham Greenway to [...]
Here are some images taken in the past few weeks. The latest are from today. They show a large limb broken from our front yard silver maple tree during a very energetic wind storm last night. Fortunately for us two neighbor families came to our aid when we were sawing up the branches and stowing [...]
Late Breakfast The weather this morning was full of thundershowers and it meant that lots of rides got cancelled. The one we were planning to attend we bailed out on because it would have meant spending several hours riding on the Illinois Prairie Path and the Great Western Trail (both of which are crushed limestone [...]
Outbound Leg We arrived at the La Rabida Children’s Hospital parking lot in time to find a convenient spot. We had already had breakfast of bagels with peanut butter, acai berry smoothies with energy boost toppers and bananas, and medium-sized ice coffees. So it was easy to get the bikes out and don their fairings [...]
Getting A Nap Is Impossible You are supposed to grab a few winks before the L.A.T.E. Ride so that you are ready and reasonably refreshed for the wildest ride you are likely to find in the Chicago area. But I simply could not fall asleep. So by the time we arrived at the Grant Park [...]
Hickory Creek Preserve and Trails Excerpted from their website: Fill up the water bottles, leave the car at Hickory Creek Junction, and take a bicycle ride down the Old Plank Road Trail. Travel the Old Plank Road Trail east or west past remnants of Illinois’ once great prairies for a total trail length of 21.5 [...]
Preparing for the Ride We finally settled on a destination on our way to breakfast. We would ride the Ozaukee Interurban Trail from Mequon to Port Washington and back. We would stop at the Dockside Deli to enjoy a meal before returning. The ride begins in the Logemann Community Center parking lot. This is about [...]
Tom Skilling of WGN fame had predicted for Friday what we got today. It was a bit of a sweltering scorcher. So we planned our activities accordingly. Breakfast was first. We picked up extra bagels with peanut butter for later in the afternoon and then ordered acai fruit smoothies from Jamba Juice. Finally a couple [...]
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