Grand Illinois Trail - Wauconda to Glencoe

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Wauconda to Glencoe.  Still, we almost called the trip off late Sunday morning because of threatening clouds and spritz.</div> <bR> <div> We started on The Millennium Bike Trail near the  Lake County Museum.  This is on a new bike trail about 2 miles west of the published Grand Illinois Trail Routes.  I suspect future issues of the GIT routes will include this segment.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="32b80ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>    </div> <div> <IMG SRC="32d80ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="32f80ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1 mi - Hilly dirt track  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="33080ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1.0 mi - Where's Waldo shot of an Egret in a Tree   </div> <div> (Maybe it would be better titled Egret in the distance)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="33180ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1.3 mi - Ok. Here we are</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="33280ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1.3 mi -In the wetlands of Millennium Park</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  2.6 miles from from our start, the Millennium Park bike trail joins the official Grand Illinois Trail route, and runs along the side of Hwy 173.   It was bike path to mile 5.2, then onto local streets through Mundelein.  The traffic was light and the drivers give us plenty of space.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="33380ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 6.7 mi - Stop to look at Gazebo in Mundelein</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="33480ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 6.7 mi - It was a War Veterans Memorial</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="33580ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 6.8 mi - Onto North Shore Bike Trail</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="33840d60.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">            <IMG SRC="33940d60.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Views along North Shore Trail</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="33a80ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 11.75 mi - Trails over Metra railroad tracks.</div> <bR> <div> We stopped for a short refuel on the bridge over the Metra tracks and chetted with another couple that had stopped there as well.   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> 14.3 There were no trail signs indicating how to get from the  North Shore Trail to the Robert McClory Trail.  We managed to guess right.</div> <bR> <div> 15.5  Were surrounded by a flock of Goldfinches at one point.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> 17.3 mi - Took break in this huge park just outside of Lake Forest.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="33d40d60.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">               <IMG SRC="34340d60.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Shelter                                                                                              Bike Trail visible across the green</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="34080ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Another view</div> <bR> <bR> <div> 19.1 Mi - The Bike Path signs disappeared again.  We spotted a bicycle club out on a ride and asked directions.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="34480ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> 22.1  Finally we worked our way to downtown Highland Park. where crowds making their way to Ravinia     Very confusing getting through Highland Park.   </div> <bR> <div> Oddly, the trail runs through the parking lot of every train station along the route.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="34580ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 24.3 mi - Trail also runs past the Ravinia main entrance and through the parking lots.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> We wanted to turn off the path onto west bound Lake-Cook Road.  Lake Cook Road isn't marked at that point.  We rode half a mile past before getting suspicious and asking a local cyclist for directions.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> 26.6 mi - Ravinia traffic was gridlocked along our route.  Nothing was moving in any  direction at stop lights.   Two police officers were manually controlling the traffic signals at one 5 way intersection.    We asked for directions to the Botanic Garden.  They said it was half a mile down the hill, and suggested that we ride the sidewalk.  They stopped all traffic so we could cross the streets.  Thanks, guys.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Riding the sidewalk was the scariest part of the trip.  It ran along hedges with driveways all along the half mile to the Botanic Garden.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="34780ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> It felt great to get into the gardens and out of the crazy traffic.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="34680ab0.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="427" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Packed and ready to go</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> We drove back to Wauconda to pick up the other car and stopped for a great Mexican dinner at Rancho Grande in Mundelein.</div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=34 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="seatonville_to_buffalo_rock.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grand Illinois Trail Seatonville to Buf"><U><B><IMG SRC="03816180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="wauconda_to_richmond.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grand Illinois Trail Wauconda to Richmo"><U><B><IMG SRC="03716180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="bicycle_trips21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Larry and Mary Lynns Grand Illinois Trai"><U><B><IMG SRC="03616180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="22"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>