I didn’t get started till about 4pm, Jojo was out of town. Eileen and I hung around with friends at the westside coop after the market, and didn’t get done till about 3pm. I grabbed my towel and trunks, headed to a secret swimming spot about 15 miles south and out a ridge, and [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2007’
Low Water at Pine Grove
Jojo and I took our standard, down and back ride to Pine Grove after work on Friday, Aug. 18 after a long week of work. The water was lower than ever, you could easily walk out to masses of flowering lotus plants extending from the south side of the lake. Our friends the heron were [...]
Chicgo Lakefront and Clark St. Ride
August 10
Eileen, Tim and I took the train downtown, where we emerged from the underground terminal right at the Chicago River. Eileen went to see a show at the CIA, while Tim and I rented bikes at Millennial Park and headed north across the river to Oak St. Beach where the lakeside pathway begins in [...]
Hotter than August in Indiana
Yesterday, while the racers rode through the 90 plus degree heat in downtown Bloomington, Jojo and I rode the shady route south to Lake Monroe. We spent a couple cooling hours in the water, swimming floating and diving.
Jojo saw and bald eagle land in a tree, and I saw the heron which also perch, it [...]
New Google Maps Mashup
Check out this link to Google maps, it was started by Steven Wallace to give bikers a place to add their favorite biking hazards in the city. If you have pictures to add, just send them or links to them to me or Steve.