Fifteen Years

Published: 2024-05-24 10:12 PM

Category: Life | Tags: anniversary, bike, chicago

We celebrated our 15th anniversary this weekend. The kids got to stay with their grandparents for two nights so Lindsey and I could have a quiet weekend together. We got to take our bikes to Chicago and ride the Lakefront Trail along the shore of Lake Michigan. It starts down near 71th St south of the city and follows Lake Shore Drive for 19 miles.

The ride north had a beautiful sunny sky and a nice tailwind. We made a quick pit stop at Navy Pier and then made our way to a couple miles past Lincoln Park. We ended up turning around and stopping at the Oak Street Beach to rest our legs.

Rain ended up moving in (we thought it would wait until later in the day) and had to race from Millennium Park - where we had some fantastic food truck tacos for lunch - toward 67th street where we parked. We managed to make it to a small beach pavillion with a roof as a heavy thunderstorm moved in and absolutely dumped rain.

In all, we rode about 31 miles today.

After getting home, I ran back out for some take out Thai food while she made homemade ice cream for dessert. We both agreed that this might need to be an annual trip.