43rd Annual No Baloney Ride

This annual bike ride is hosted by the Illinois Valley Wheelm'n Bicycle Club, which take you on a tour of Central Illinois.  We have a new starting location this year at the Morton Park District's Freedom Hall.  To go with a new starting location, we have 5 new routes to pick from:  family fun ride(8 mi), 20 mi, 40 mi, 60mi (metric century) and 100 mi (century).  The routes are well supported with food stops.  Each food stop will have a different menu, which will be posted on the website prior to the ride.  I can guarantee no baloney sandwiches will be serve.

Make it a weekend trip!  Peoria is the home of Caterpillar Inc.  While you are in the Peoria area, visit the Caterpillar Visitors Center (http://www.caterpillar.com/en/company/visitors-center.html) to learn about the history of the company and the Peoria Riverfront Museum (http://www.peoriariverfrontmuseum.org/) next door, which currently featuring Dinosaurs in Motion Exhibition.  If you like wine, there are 2 local wineres in the area you can tour(Kickapoo Winery and Mackinaw Winery).  Other local attraction is the Bass Pro Shops in E. Peoria which feature a restaurant, bowling alley and giant aquarium and the Spirit of Peoria Riverboat which offers Friday Day Cruise (http://spiritofpeoria.com/cruise-details/oh/5/Regular-Sightseeing-Cruise) & Friday Moonlight Cruise (http://spiritofpeoria.com/cruise-details/oh/7/Moonlight-Cruise). along the Illinois River.  Check out http://www.peoria.org/ for more events.