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| Tuesday, October 17 - Toledo to Chicago We used our headlamps but the one mile to the train station was well lit.....dry but chilly at 5 am |
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| That's our train. |
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| We are taking the Lakeshore Limited because it has bike racks so we don't have to box the bikes. Thank you Amtrak!! |
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| We were early but the train was about an hour late due to a frozen switch somewhere in New York. |
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| Ohio |
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| Indiana - Illinois border |
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| Chicago skyline looking down the Chicago River. |
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| Chicago Union Station is really BIG. |
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| There is a bike boulevard right outside the station. We are looking for lunch. |
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| Joyce warned us about leaving our fully-loaded bikes unattended and then offered to watch them while we went inside to order our sandwiches. We really enjoyed chatting with her. |
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| We had an hour to walk around this part of town but not quite enough time to go check out the waterfront where we passed through in 2007. Wow, that was a fast 10 years! |
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| We thought we were in Illinois but this room in the train station was all about autumn in Wisconsin. |
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| Notice that the helmet is unbuckled. |
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| The bike is totally fine. My helmet just started to fall off when I lifted the bike and Doug's timing was impeccable. We came up with lots of funny captions when we saw the picture later. |
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| It is 2:00 in the afternoon. It is dark because the train tracks are below ground. |
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| We left the station right on time - 2:15 pm. |
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| A more colorful side of Chicago |
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| Back in Wisconsin though it doesn't look like the land of silos and big barns that we rode through. |
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| Milwaukee |
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| Milwaukee River not far from Lake Michigan |
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| Boy are we glad we aren't in a car! It looks like a pile of spaghetti on the map. |
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| This is more like it! We are somewhere between Milwaukee and Madison. |
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| You can't see it but this is Mississippi River crossing #25 of this trip and we are back in Minnesota. |
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| Mississippi River crossing #26 |
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| Hello St. Paul, wish we had a little more time to visit but we do get a chance to walk outside the train before bedtime. |
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| We will cross the Mississippi River one last time (#27) after we go to bed. It is nice being able to lie down even when it is the top bunk. |
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