COVID canceled our plan to tour in the UK on our Bilenky tandem this summer, so in partial compensation today we went for a day ride on the Illinois and Michigan Canal from Lasalle to Marseilles, Il and back on our Rivendell HHH -- about 45 miles. Nice ride, even if the path is very poorly maintained in places -- between Utica and Ottawa the path got rougher and rougher, then there was a missing bridge which required us to take the tandem down a muddy bank and wheel it across an 18" wide bridge some kind sole threw together from some old lumber. We then had to navigate a long section of limestone mud with running water -- fun! We ate lunch at Tangled Roots brew pub in Ottawa, IL (Yum!) and avoided the worst stretches of the path on the return by taking the road for 5 miles. A good day out... even if it isn't quite Cornwall, the British Peak District or Scotland!
Photos here https://flic.kr/s/aHsmPzWJoy sine Google Groups tells me i can't upload them into the message for some reason. Julian Westerhout Bloomington, IL -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ffcb4168-e25d-4c84-91df-16b8e83b079eo%40googlegroups.com.
