Day 3 – Epic Bike Adventure

June 19, 2016 ~ jeannemeeks ~ Leave a comment

Day Three. Morris to Spring Valley - Fifty miles After yesterday's blow out, we patched Nancy’s tire so she could ride to the bike shopwhere she had both tires replaced. Upon leaving the store, other Nancy suddenly got a flat and had to get a new tube. We didn’t ride out of Morris until … Continue reading Day 3 – Epic Bike Adventure

Day 2-Epic Bike Adventure

June 11, 2016June 11, 2016 ~ jeannemeeks ~ 3 Comments

We had ridden thirty-seven miles on Day 1 of our bike ride across Illinois, so we decided forty miles per day was our goal as we continued our journey 200 miles to the Mississippi River. The map didn’t cooperate. Towns along the Grand Illinois Trail in central and western Illinois, were not spaced in neat … Continue reading Day 2-Epic Bike Adventure

Epic Biking Adventure

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 ~ jeannemeeks ~ Leave a comment

Have you ever felt the need for an epic adventure to spice up your life? That’s how I felt last November when I met Nancy S. for a dainty lunch at the tea shop in Frankfort. We decided to bicycle across Illinois even though bicycling was relatively new to us. (First, I had to buy a … Continue reading Epic Biking Adventure