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Cross Country Skiing at Camp Sagawau with the Next Generation of Skiers

Still Riding Zwift: 90 Day Update On My Indoor Cycling Challenge

Here we are 90 days later. I had high hopes for the Zwift, and indoor cycling. I wasn’t sure if I could stick with riding it five days a week. But, my goal is to ride 100 miles for the MS150 Tour de Farms. I am pleasantly surprised and surprisingly addicted to riding with Zwift. 🙂 […]

Flags Over Lemont 2018

Support Your Local Boy Scout Troop 49 With A 2018 Flag Subscription!! Flags Over Lemont is the primary fundraiser for the Troop, where 100% of the funds stays with the Troop and can be earned by the Scout. Flags are posted on five holidays; Memorial Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and Veterans […]

Racing the Sunset (and a Tow Truck) on the CalSag Bike Path

Okay, for starters I wasn’t actually wheel to wheel with a tow truck… At the beginning and the end of the typical cycling season we’re limited by daylight. Sunset is before 7pm and the sun isn’t rising until after 6. Yes, I can start using a headlight and taillight but more on that later. With […]

Dawn Patrol at Waterfall Glen in Lemont

Rolling into June and connecting the dots; Veterans Memorial Trail to I+M Trail to the Centennial Trail

Seventh ride of the summer and starting to feel pretty good. Since I mostly ride solo, okay, all the time, I rely on Strava and my rides stats to push myself harder for my Tour de Farms with Team Zym. Not a whole lot of wildlife but more cycling traffic might answer that — with […]

Veteran's Memorial Bike Path Honeysuckle

Riding with Nature on the Veteran’s Memorial and Centennial Bike Paths

Sometimes It’s Better to Ride on a Cloudy Day Today it was chilly and grey, but it’s my scheduled ride night and I really needed to get some miles in to prepare for my Tour de Farms MS150 ride. I’m so behind in my training, that I don’t really care what the weather is like. […]

CalSag Trail with New Alsip Pavement Connector

—— q u i c k n e w s p o s t —— Great news ! The CalSag is now a paved bike path to from Lemont to 127th Street in Alsip. That makes it an approximately 11 miles of path in one direction with minimal car interaction. Previously the section […]

Snowy Hike at Waterfall Glen

Finally, more snow !! Even though it was just a few inches, it was more than enough for us to get out for a quick break. We parked at the top of Bluff Road and started wandering east. This time we found a ravine and started heading south through it. It turned out to be […]

The Centennial 30 – Late Summer on the Path

If you live in Lemont, you just can’t beat the convenience of the Centennial Path / Veterans Memorial Trail. I like to park at 135th Street where the old Swing Bridge is located. From there you can usually pick up a tail wind in the Fall, at least on the way out. Today there were […]