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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Sunday, July 3, 2016
McHenry to border then Hebron and back.
Got in 35 miles round trip, from the town of McHenry North on the Fox River Trail/McHenry Prairie Path to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and then West on the Hebron trail to the town of Hebron and back. 29 miles of this trek were unpaved. Here are some pictures.
MCCP trail just North of Rte 120 in McHenry. |
wabbit |
Bridge over Boone Creek |
Me |
Railroad overpass just South of Richmond |
The railroad recently patched the walls and primed away all the grafitti. The bridge has been redone with some big girders. The large metal walls were removed. |
Me at the intersection of MCCP and Hebron trail. Sign points North to border, a few hundred yards away. |
Western trail head of Hebron Trail |
Grand Illinois Trail information sign about Kenosha Division Railroad. |
Note distances at bottom of sign. Example: Richmond -->7 miles West of Richmond. |
Dashed line square highlights area this trail is in. Prominant lines are individual trails that make up the Grand Illinois Trail. |
Right side blowup of Hebron Trail |
KD Railroad |
Picture of old Hebron train station |
Me |
Look how dusty my bike got on these trails. |
This ride was the first half of item one on my 2016 schedule.
Saturday, July 2, 2016
My schedule for the year
I know I havent posted alot or even at all lately. And I know its killin this blog. I don't have any good answers for ya. Other than I am busy elsewhere. Anyways, here is the schedule I made up of things I want to do this year riding bikes. I had plenty of time in the first part of year being sick and injured and having lots of cold and rainy spring days indoors to work on this list. OK so here it is:
Bike excursions in Illinois 2016:
1. Stern Woods to Hebron trail, FRT
2. Maywood, IPP
3. Sycamore, FRT,GWT
4. Greenbay Trail
5. 606
6. Robert McClory
7. Skokie Valley
8. Combo of lakefront trails to Milwaukee
9. Jane Addams Trail
10. Pecatonica Prairie Path
11. Bloomington Normal to Peoria(on trails)
12. I&M canal path
13. Hennepin canal path
14. Mississippi river trail path to Galena
15. Oswego and back on FRT
16. Bliss Woods/Virgil Gilman Trail
Thats it for now. Might add more if I can get some of these knocked out this year.
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