Week of the Bike

We don't have pictures for all, but we did three significant bike rides this week:
1. Oak Ridge Prairie County Park. It was a beautiful day for a picnic lunch and playing on the playground equipment, then we rode as far as Broadway Ave and back, about 6 miles.

2. Ride of Silence.
Photo credit to Don Sorsa.
This ride was in the city as part of a wider memorial to cyclists who are killed or injured by motor vehicles while biking. We rode with several other members of our church to remember Gerry who was killed on Route 41 in south Lake County, IN last May. Douwe and I had to drop out before the ride ended because the ride went about an hour longer than scheduled and it was getting dark and since it was about 8:40 pm Douwe had had enough. It was strange and sad to gather with about 150 other bicyclists around 5 different "ghost bikes" which were set up as markers in various parts of the city where different people had been killed.

3. Bike the Drive




Jeff and I have ridden this several times now, but this was Douwe's first experience of Lake Shore Drive reserved for bikes only. Douwe and I only did the south 1/2 of the ride (about 15 miles), but Jeff, Bill and Dan did the whole 30 mile circuit.

Week of the City

This week turned out to be a lot of trips to the city:
Sunday afternoon, two parks on the lakefront with great playlots (ramps galore which is Douwe's favorite walking challenge) followed by a delicious meal at Mixteco Grill on Montrose and Ashland.




Tuesday morning, a trip to the Lincoln Park Zoo with three aunts and four cousins. Our first animal sighting was a mother duck who was taking her six ducklings on a tour of the zoo.



On Thursday we had to stay home to watch our backyard fence get replaced.


Friday morning, a visit with Mica and Meghan, including a trip to an indoor soccer field with inflatables, balls everywhere and lots of turf to run around on.


Saturday morning, an excursion to the Hyde Park Garden Fair for a few interesting plants for our yard, followed by another trip with Daddy to Lincoln Park Zoo (mom got dropped off for some shopping.)

Happy Mother's Day

Here's a picture of the whole family, the little boys preferred to be photographed in profile! It has been almost three years since we've had a photo of everyone!