Fourth of July bike camping

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Time: July 2, 2009 from 6am to 7pm
Location: Chain O Lakes State Park
Street: 8916 Wilmot Rd
City/Town: Spring Grove, IL
Website or Map: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com…
Event Type: mini-tour
Organized By: BalloonBiker
Latest Activity: Jul 4, 2009

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Camping at Chain O Lakes State park. It's about 60 miles from Chicago. We will head up there July 2nd and hopefully get a campsite. At this point no reservations are available to be made and we are hoping to get one of the first come, first serve spots. It's likely as most of their campsites are non-reservable.

Once there we can rent canoes and other boats, bike to farms, hike, fish, etc.

We will meet at California and Lawrence to ride up from the city. One thing to note is that bikes are NOT allowed on the Metra due to the Taste of Chicago. We are not planning on having a gear car this time, so we'll have to be prepared to schlep our stuff both ways....unless you want to wait until the 7th to ride the Metra back when the Taste ends.

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Comment by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on July 2, 2009 at 10:57am: Excellent. See you tommorrow!

Comment by BalloonBiker on July 2, 2009 at 10:40am: Hannah and I are sitting and enjoying a meal in our spot at the park in mud lake east! It was a great ride!

Comment by BalloonBiker on July 1, 2009 at 11:21pm: Here is the route that I'm going to be following:
As for the route, I did a rough map:

Here are the general turns and I mapped it on Gmaps pedometer as well: "here"

I didn't do all of the curves, so it's probably between 55-60 miles.

Starting at N channel trail at Lawrence & California
N. North Channel Trail to church
W on Church
N On Central Park Ave.
W on Wilmette Ave.
N. on Ridge
Cross to Green bay Trail
N. on Green Pay trail (some of it is crushed limestone)
W. on Clavey
NW. on Skokie Valley bike path (need to figure out connection to North Shore Path)
N. on Norht Shore bike path
N. On St. Mary’s rd.
W. on Oak Spring Road Curves and end up on N. Sand Stone
W. on Winchester
N. on Harris
W. on Belvidere (path by road)
N. On Atkinsin
W. on Trail by Washington, continue on Washington
N. On Cedar Lane Rde
W. on Golf View Rode
N. on Kildeer
W. on Lake Shore Drive
To W. on Chain O Lakes Bike Path (follows Rollins Rd.
NW on Highway 12 (may have to do the sidewalk for a mile)
N. on State Park Rd to back entrance of park. It is gated, but a bike can go around it.

Comment by Melissa on July 1, 2009 at 6:05pm: This sounds like a lovely trip. Yay, bike camping. Sign me up for the next one. I've committed to watching fireworks and caring for some pets this weekend.

Comment by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on July 1, 2009 at 2:53pm: Matt and I will be riding up Friday. We're meeting @ 9:00 AM @ the Wilmette Metra, if people want to ride with us.

Comment by Hannah Bass on July 1, 2009 at 2:40pm: Hey all,
I just talked to Melissa Simon, and she's like to come up on Friday. Jamie, can you post the map and how we're getting there so that folks know the route when they come up later than us? Sweet! See you all at the campsite!
XOXO
Hannah

Comment by BalloonBiker on July 1, 2009 at 8:52am: Update: A couple of us are going to leave at 6 am tomorrow to try to secure the campsite. You can pm me your phone number if you want me to notify you on if we get the sites.

Comment by BalloonBiker on June 30, 2009 at 5:45pm: Okay, since I'm going to be out late tomorrow night I tried to get my camping stuff ready to go tonight. I also got my front rack installed today. I'm going to be leaving at 5 am from California and Lawrence. I do have a 2 person tent, so I could share, though it will be cozy. Here is what I'm taking:

Rear Pannier 1
Tent
Swim suit
Towel
Rain Gear (jacket and pants)
Misc. Clothes

Rear Pannier 2
Sleeping bag
Sleeping pad
Majority of clothes

Front Pannier 1
Cooking pan
portable stove
Fuel canister
Wash Clothes (around fuel)
Food (just a little)

Front Pannier 2
Insect Spray
Sunscreen
Toiletry bag
In Dry sack:
crank radio/flashlight
Book
Reading light
Cell phone charger,

In top of bag:
cell phone
Camera
Maps

Seat bag:
Tools, pump, CO2, tube, patch kit.

Any other suggestion for things to take?

Comment by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on June 30, 2009 at 2:33pm: what are the planned departure times?

Comment by John Greenfield on June 30, 2009 at 2:26am: Sounds fun! I can't make it, but I've camped there a couple times via Metra and bike and it's a fun place to stay. Be sure to rent a canoe and paddle out to Blarney Island, a floating Parrothead (Jimmy Buffet fan) bar!: http://www.blarneyisland.com/

John Greenfield