R66 Day 44 - Slammin’ Our Way to Joliet - Slackwag66 - CycleBlaze

May 2, 2025

R66 Day 44 - Slammin’ Our Way to Joliet

We continued our northeast march to Chicago under a cloudy sky but stayed dry today.
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Plenty of long lonely farmland roads past corn and soybean fields.
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We’ve seen many murals like this one in Wilmington (yet another town with a better known sibling)…
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…but this is the first one we’ve watched being created.
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Karen PoretAnd, supervised! 🙄
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Wilmington also featured Gemini Man, built in 1964 in part to capitalize on America’s fascination with the space race.
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Bethany WallWow. I kind of like Gemini man!!
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Another sign of times gone by.
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The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is a 9,000 acre protected area that seeks to reinstate the indigenous flora before farming reshaped the landscape.
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Wynn WagenseilGood to know this area is being restored. I see the Nature Conservancy is is involved (like the Green Swamp here in NC).
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It features an excellent gravel trail through the lush landscape.
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The last camping night of the trip is appropriately located within view of interstate 80. The dulcet tones will lull us to sleep once more.
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Today's ride: 53 miles (85 km)
Total: 2,405 miles (3,870 km)

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