Day 10 or 11 no one's birthday the Des Plaines River Trail

Check out the first photo.  Dennis and I hit 2000 miles today on our bikes in less than a year.  Soon we'll have Pedego's 2500 pin.  Yay!!!!

We both loved this trail.  It connected 6 forest preserves and 1 nature center which were just beautiful, so peaceful.  Lots of wildflowers, meadows, lots of trees, all kinds of water areas from the river to ponds and lakes, lots of little bridges and a couple of tunnels under highways.  If you were to draw a line of the trail there wouldn't be too many straight areas.  It wasn't a rail trail so it was carved to follow the lay of the land, trees and water.  So much fun!!!  The only problem with it (nothing is perfect) it wasn't paved.  The surface was crushed pea gravel, but still very well groomed and wide in most areas.  We rode over 23 miles getting a little worried about finding a place for lunch when I smelled food.  So we left the trail through a parking lot and found a wonderful sushi restaurant, Kuma's Sushi Bowl in Vernon Hills.  Then 23+ miles back.  A really great day.

We noticed that the drivers at 3:00 were not as considerate of riders as they were in the morning.  Hard to figure.

 


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  1. TJ SerpicoJuly 18, 2023 at 3:32 PM

    That's fantastic! I love the pictures. Pedego's 2500 pin - do they actually send you a pin in the mail? How cool!

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