It was a beautiful day for a 20 mile ride through Lake County's magnificent forest preserves on the Des Plaines River Trail. Ellen and I in the first picture, and Dave, Patti, and Ellen in the second photo enjoy the serenity and glory of the forest. We saw several hawks and later 5 Great White Egrets, one of which had a fish in its mouth. We capped the day's ride with a tasty lunch at the Independence Grove Cafe. Independence Grove is the "crown jewel" of the Lake County Forest Preserve District -- a multi-million dollar conversion of an old quarry into a huge lake/picnic/beach/boating/fishing mecca.
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