Summer is most definitely here, and on the correct weekend no less! As I type this, it is 81 degrees outside with 55% humidity. Welcome to the midwest.
To kick off summer right, Erin and I went for a bike ride. It wasn’t that hard to convince her to go, especially since she just got her new bike. We started out in Lemont at Waterfall Glen, and then headed down to Lockport and did the I & M Canal trail between Lockport and Joliet. Grand total, probably ~20 miles. Not bad, especially since we put in ~20 miles earlier in the week.
So, I had never taken the I & M Canal trail that far South out of Lockport, which means I had never seen the old steel mill ruins (steel mill closed in the 1930’s) that are down near Joliet either. Talk about awesome. I definitely need to get my camera down there. Certain parts looked like a bombed out town, and the old locks that are still in the old part of the canal are awesome too. It’s interesting to see what it used to look like through various photographs, because it sure doesn’t look that way now.
Oh, and for all you Prison Break fans (Aaron), the trail goes right by the old Joliet state prison, which is the one in the show. Definitely need to get pictures of that too.