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The Grand Illinois Trail

A 500-mile loop in the northern part of Illinois

505 miles (813 km) over 14 days from July 5, 2006 to July 18, 2006

Topic: Bicycle Touring  
Categories: Tour diaries, 1-2 weeks
Locales: North America, United States, Illinois, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, McHenry, Rock Island, La Salle, Whiteside, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Winnebago, Boone, Stephenson
Year: 2006

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/GIT

Copyright © 2006-2012 By Bob Kastigar - (contact)

Status: Completed Jul 2006
Last updated: Saturday July 22, 2006 07:56 UTC -08:00
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Roughly the route of the Grand Illinois Trail

Table of Contents

Preliminary: Plan and Preparation
Day 1 Wednesday, July 5: Home, through the southern suburbs to the I&M Canal near Joliet
Day 2 Thursday, July 6: Near Channahon to LaSalle-Peru
Five Day Break: Visiting with the extended family
Day 3(riding), Wednesday, July 12 2006: From Peru, IL to Lock 22 of the Hennepin Trail
Day 4, Thursday, July 13: Lock 22 of the Hennepin Canal to the Campground on the Mississippi
The Hennepin Canal: Background and more detail about this
Day 5 Friday July 14: Camp Hauberg to (almost) Galena
Day 6, Saturday, July 15th: View Motel to Freeport
Day 7, Sunday, July 16: Freeport to Marengo
Day 8 Monday, July 17th: Marengo to Elgin
Day 9 Tuesday, July 18: Elgin to home
Epilogue and Closing Credits

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