Parked under large oak trees that cast a late morning shadow so i slept late.
Weather cleared overnight.
Replaced chain & cluster as the chain stretched and I didn’t change it in time to prevent the gapping of the gears. Rode well.
rambled around on trails checking location at the trail maps posted throughout the park. Didn’t prevent me from getting lost. Fortunately I was pretty well fenced in. I used the navigation feature on the EDGE before I started. I decided my ride was long enough and tried to find XG. No sense of direction in the deep woods. Computer showed me that the way I chose was correct.
2 hour ride and 1300′ on a flat plane, lots of little ups & downs. Some roots, nary a rock. Ride it again? Drive a great distance for it? Bears are now constipated in the woods.
Took shower in XG & headed east.
Area got dumped on by hurricane. Land is so flat the water runs into your basement. Drove route 30 around Chicago. Some kind of traffic slow down took better part of an hour to get almost to Indiana state line. I bailed on a state route running S just to get out of jam. Worked. Tomorrow i will join up w/ route 30 for a ride at Warsaw.
Camped in a shopping center parking lot just off Indiana hwy # 2. I’ve had peace and quiet, trains, and now gear changing semis. My choice.