Day One - Illinois Beach State Park
Our first day started extremely well. Very auspicious. Gorgeous weather. We had breakfast at IHOP, then I used the internet at Starbucks to try to set up some last minute things (including this blog), we loaded our packed bags onto our bikes and got going.
The weather was beautiful, and we got some photos of us at the start, so that was good. We got going along Sheridan which will be our main route for a while, and kept going. There was some confusion about what exactly was our route, but since we were just heading north toward Zion anyway, I just kept turning that way.
After a while we were riding parallel to the train tracks for the north-shore line and it felt like we were going through the same small suburb again and again. We did go by Ravinia, and I had not realized it was so close.
The mileage felt very easy. For lunch and dinner we stopped in at a Piggly Wiggly near the camp and bought mac and cheese and peanut butter and jelly. We are thinking that we will at the pbj over several days as lunch. We also got some breakfast fruits bananas + nectarines).
The campsite is gorgeous, our site has a view of the lake. I managed a 30 minute swim down the length of the park, and then I fell asleep tanning myself on the beach.
Definitely a good first day.
The weather was beautiful, and we got some photos of us at the start, so that was good. We got going along Sheridan which will be our main route for a while, and kept going. There was some confusion about what exactly was our route, but since we were just heading north toward Zion anyway, I just kept turning that way.
After a while we were riding parallel to the train tracks for the north-shore line and it felt like we were going through the same small suburb again and again. We did go by Ravinia, and I had not realized it was so close.
The mileage felt very easy. For lunch and dinner we stopped in at a Piggly Wiggly near the camp and bought mac and cheese and peanut butter and jelly. We are thinking that we will at the pbj over several days as lunch. We also got some breakfast fruits bananas + nectarines).
The campsite is gorgeous, our site has a view of the lake. I managed a 30 minute swim down the length of the park, and then I fell asleep tanning myself on the beach.
Definitely a good first day.
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