Category: Illinois
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Park Ridge, IL to Skaneateles, NY to Park Ridge, IL
Days 1-21 For the fifth time in 1300 days of our nomadacy, we are lucky to be able to make a lengthy pause at Mom & Dad’s house. And for the second time, we made the stay into a sandwich, with an Amtrak-aided excursion in the middle, to and from Rett’s Dad’s house in New Read more…
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Park Ridge, IL to Porter, IN
We’re starting a bike tour today! Wait, what? Haven’t we been on a bike tour for eight months? Well, after two weeks of relaxing with family and friends in the Chicago area, following on five weeks of barely-riding in Baja, it sure hasn’t felt like it! Which isn’t really a problem for our minds at Read more…
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Chicago, IL
For eight months, “home” has had little to do with a physical location, and has been best-defined as “the place where Rett and I are together”. But upon returning to a physical location that had correlated with “home” for decades for both of us, the unavoidable feeling of “coming home” proved that there are layers Read more…
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Hoffman Estates, IL to Chesterton, IN
And so it begins. I finally rolled out of the house around 8:30, later that I’d hoped, but probably about what I expected. One of the last things I remembered to grab were my was my ProgPower ticket. Makes me wonder what I didn’t remember! First destination was my parents’ house. That meant a very Read more…