tom and i had a beautiful ride into chicago on saturday, following route 12 from southwest michigan. we rode through the corpse of U.S. Steel in gary, indiana (a significant blemish on the day's ride), but on to the magnificent lakefront bike path that runs parallel to lakeshore boulevard 17 miles. early showers gave way to sun, and the bikinied rollerbladers were out in force. we rode straight up to tom's brother sam's place near loyola university, where we participated in a barbeque, with gusto.
after a solid night's sleep, we spent the day in chicago: i caught up with some of my clan in the morning, and tom and i met at the art institute in the afternoon to investigate.
my body definitely was and is ready for a day off the bike, but it seems to be responding strangely to its novel tasks of walking, sitting, standing. not hunched over the handlebars, my back is suddenly very tired. i have a hard time standing for a long time. not cranking on the pedals, my legs cramped up twice for no good reason. i guess we'll just keep on stretching it out.
more to come; tom and i are going to roll out of sam's place this morning and take a short jaunt to batavia, IL, to stay with my grandparents for a night. i'll post more tonight when we get there; if not, in a few days when we get to the twin cities.
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The Dave's Den web site does not think that either Gary, IN or U.S. Steel is a "corpse." The fact is, both are venerated there.
It is easy to make denigrating remarks about Gary, and it certainly is in vogue as, after all, everyone is doing it.
A constant lesson taught in my Gary, IN home was, "If you can't say anything nice about (fill in the blank), then say nothing at all!"
What is there nice to say about Gary, IN you ask? A visit to Dave's Den will provide plenty of answers to that question.
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