On Saturday the 23rd of June it was me, Casey, and Jon riding from Plainfield to Oswego. From the picture, are you starting to notice a common theme to these bike rides? But really, when you ride right past a place, you have to support a hometown business. Besides, when we arrived at the Dairy Hut we were the only three people in line. Then by the time we got our ice cream a few minutes later the line was over 20 people long! Who knew we could draw such a crowd?!? (Was it the bike pants??)
On the way out of Plainfield we followed Heggs Road to 127th, but on the return trip Jon guided us along the nice set of Oswegoland Park District trails through Grande Park and across the awesome pedestrian bride over Ridge Road.
In fact, Jon had a pretty interesting story about that bridge, a story that reflects very well on the developers of Grande Park. And that bridge has always been a favorite destination for our family bike rides with the kids, so I appreciated knowing more about how it came to be built. I may have said this before, but if you ever have a chance to go biking around Plainfield with Jon, you can learn a ton of interesting things. At least I think they are interesting, so I'm grateful Jon is willing to share! And I'm even more thankful for Jon's role in making our town such a great place to live!!
The bridge also happened to be the destination for Casey and me the last time he and I were able to ride together. (That's a different story, one about a beautiful little princess who prefers not to share her carriage with bugs.) So I was very happy that Casey was able to join us for a longer ride this time. And we were all glad that the weather was overcast and cool, with just a light breeze. It was a perfect Saturday evening for a bike ride with friends!
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