Chuck's Adventures: Moraine Hills SP biking

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Moraine Hills SP biking

Yesterday I met Patti and Dave and we biked 14 miles at Moraine Hills SP and we finally saw the sand hill cranes close to the trail...

Looks like someone lost control of a car on this River Road curve by the state park. If the guard rail hadn't been there, they would have plowed through 2 fences and wound up in a wetland pond...

We also had biked 17 miles the day before on the Des Plaines River Trail, and both days enjoyed lunch afterward.

1 comment:

whalechaser said...: While you were at Moraine Hills did you happen to see either of the two baby fawns that were wondering on the trail all alone a couple of months ago?
Whale; July 9, 2009 at 6:05 AM

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