Chuck's Adventures: Cook County's Des Plaines River Trail

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Cook County's Des Plaines River Trail

Today we met in Wheeling and biked 25 miles on the northern segment of Cook County's Des Plaines River Trail, which connects to Lake County's DRT, giving a 60 mile or so trail. The Fall colors continue to intensify and further delight our eyes, as seen surrounding Patti and Ellen.

We stopped at Dam Number 1 Woods to see the river level and discovered this behemoth beauty, dwarfing Ellen beneath it.

Another shot of the colors as Dave, Ellen, and Patti ride beneath the canopy.

We left the trail in Glenview and passed this home paying homage to the Bears and Halloween...

.. as we pedaled to Moon Doggies for lunch.

When I got home I discovered that today I passed the 1500 mile mark for the year on my fat tire mountain bike. Whoppee!

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Nothing adventured, nothing gained!
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I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.

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--John Muir

Now voyager, sail thou forth to seek and find.
--Walt Whitman

Every journey has to end, and the end of the journey is always called Home.
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I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.
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Twenty years from now, you will be disappointed more by the things you didn't do, than by the ones you did do. Explore. Dream. Discover.

--Mark Twain

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
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-- Abraham Lincoln

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly understood; an inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
--G.K. Chesterton

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.
- -Chinese Proverb

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
--Vance Havner
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