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Comment by Todd Boring on April 18, 2013 at 7:46pm

I stopped in at Beer Geeks in Highland In. on Tues. night. I believe I discovered the place while surfing the CBES FB page. They schedule a blues band every Tues. night which is a huge bonus for me. On this particular night it was the Jimmy Burns Band which did not disappoint......oh, and the beer selection was excellent as well. I suppose my only gripe would be the lack of session ales. The majority of their offerings were 8.5 abv and up. I am planning to return this coming Tues. for Corey Dennison.......Cheers

Comment by Duppie on April 16, 2013 at 3:22pm

And we rode all the way out to Naperville...

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130416/uptown/solemn-oath-brewery-...

Comment by Adam Z on April 15, 2013 at 1:44pm

I'd cut over on Howard thru Park Ridge (see http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/how-to-get-to-the-nb-des-p...).

The Des Plaines portion of the train is quite nice and well maintained.  The rest until Lake County is of varying quality.

I'll see if I can attend, sounds like a good time!

Comment by Marcusn on April 15, 2013 at 1:44pm

Hoping to join in at some point (I live up in Lake Bluff), maybe meeting the group at Mickey Finns. 

The trails are all crushed limestone. When they're wet, they have a few sinking spots and puddles. When the trails are dry, they have  occasional loose gravel. Never ideal for road bikes, but I do sometimes see 23mm tires on them. (I run 32mm without much problem)

Lake Bluff Brewing Co. has a small room, and finding seats on a saturday night might take an hour or more for a large group. They may have the sidewalk over-flow seating open by then, but not sure. Still, some great bear inside there. (not cheap though).

Comment by Rich S on April 15, 2013 at 1:33pm

Event is posted waiting on approval. 

We'll figure out the best way/access point to the Des Plaines River Trail closer in. Conditions will hopefully be better by then. 

Comment by Rich S on April 15, 2013 at 12:59pm

Sorry to hear that Serge.  You shall be missed! 

Comment by Rich S on April 15, 2013 at 11:32am

Yup that's pretty close to what I have in mind but ideally I would like to get on the Des Plaines River Trail further south than Lake Cook Rd. From that thread it sounds like it's ride-able north of Demptster but I'll do a pre-ride the weekend before to check on conditions. Then determine where to pick up the trail. I was planning on getting on the trail at Devon anyway so a bit further north is no biggie. 

Adam thanks for the suggestion but it's the Des Plaines River Trail I'd like to ride since I haven't ridden that trail before. I'd be up to do your route later this year! 

I think I'll post this for Sat May 11. Soon as I have some time today. That way we don't have to worry about Tighthead or Lake Bluff's closing time. 

Comment by Adam Z on April 15, 2013 at 12:10am

This is it via an iPhone app so it's a little weird.  But you get the idea.

http://j.mp/MRMS6L

Comment by Adam Z on April 15, 2013 at 12:04am

The Cook County portion is a little, er, rugged.  But it is a nice ride up that way.  I've done the ride to Libertyville from Oaktonish on.

You could do this trip in reverse and start at lake Bluff via the Skokie Valley trail and then wind your way to Libertyville and take the Metra back.  I'll see if I can find the route Envane/Alex took us on last year.

Comment by Rich S on April 14, 2013 at 11:26pm

I've never ridden the trail so that would be good to know. We can always take the north branch trail partway. 

Sunday Apr 28 or May 5 were dates I was also looking at. Only drawback is it would mean an earlier start since Lake Bluff Brewing closes at 6 on Sundays.

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