Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Des Plaines River Trail biking

It was a perfect 75 degrees and party sunny, so we headed to Independence Grove and biked 25 miles north, enjoying the abundant wildflowers, birds and bunnies, squirrels, and this curious gal who stopped on the trail and watched us for a minute or more before continuing off into the woods.



The DRT is my favorite of all of Chicagoland's several dozen bike trails because its entire 30+ mile distance traverses 7700 acres of forest preserve land. Today's northernmost section travels over 4 miles through Wadsworth Savanna Preserve without a road crossing. At Independence Grove we took in the view from the Overlook Trail (as well as some ice cream at the Cafe.)

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1 comment:

  1. GoldenrodJuly 22, 2008 at 4:57 PM

    That first picture. Did you not think that there was another deer up further and to the right? (I LOVE deer!)

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