Day 11 July 18 Lakefront Trail Chicago

First I have to thank Ramona and Jerry for putting us up for 2 days.  It was great to see them again.

Chicago really makes good use of their lakefront.  There are miles of wide sand beaches with lots of parking, unbelievably large marinas, many large parks, pedestrian bridges and two paved trails, one for walkers and one for bikes.  On a Tuesday morning there were people everywhere enjoying everything.  It's a very alive city.  I wish I could have taken more photos, especially of the skyline which is just jaw dropping.  Also there were large sculptures along the trail but it was too dangerous to stop for photos every block.  

We started at Foster  Beach and rode about 16 miles and turned around to head back to the Navy Pier area so we could ride downtown to the original Uno's Pizza (the red dot on the map).  Dennis grew up in Chicago and had been there before.  I had actually been there before as well with my husband many years ago on a trip to Chicago.  The place hasn't changed in 50 years.  The pizza was just as good, too.  It was a little scary riding downtown even in a bike lane, but it was only about 2 miles and worth it.  We're going to skip dinner tonight.


Tomorrow the Indiana Dunes.




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