Illinois Prairie Path: Main Stem: Full Trail - Round Trip - Late April 2022

[@jimn3645]

Watching these videos makes me want to move back to Illinois.

[@Cynical_Zombie]

😆 now that the weather has finally changed, I’ve got more trail rides coming soon!

[@Minelaughter]

Don’t! Move to Chicago not Illinois

[@retrosurvival3988]

Great video! This is basically my go to on the Prairie Path. Same route. Enjoy the weather!

[@Cynical_Zombie]

Thanks for the kind words! The Prairie Path is a great trail in Illinois! If you haven't checked out some of the other big trails in the area, (Fox River Trail, Prairie Trail, Millennium Trail) I recommend those as well!

[@retrosurvival3988]

@@Cynical_Zombie ill definitely look into those! Thanks And enjoy this amazing weather Broski

[@imstillhereileft7530]

Got lost on butterfield ave lol , head to turn back to salt ccreek back to la grange, a great & very informative video , I’ll just take it by maywood by the court to Wheaton & back to maywood & head home to Berwyn, happy 4 of July , this video helped out a lot & explore , also have you done the des plaines river trail , that’s my next adventure, thanks 🙏

[@Cynical_Zombie]

I’m glad the video was useful! I have 2 videos covering the entirety of the Des Plaines River Trail in Lake County. The Lake County portion is the best portion of the trail. I’ve explored south into Cook County to Allison Woods where the trail goes from great to crap. (Lake County loves their trail, Cook County could not care less) I will finish this trail this year but it will be more about checking it off of my list rather than riding a trail I’ll enjoy. Let me know what section you ride and how you like it!

[@whoamiwiw]

I have biked all the way to Wheaton from Villa park to mile marker 0. The farthest east I’ve gone is Bellwood right where butterfield is. I want to bike the entirety of the main stem and I know I will. It is beautiful. I also just realized that I biked down to Wheaton around the same time you did in this video.

[@Cynical_Zombie]

Nice! Are you in the video? The Main Stem is a decent ride... once you pass the tollway going East be careful but during the day the ride seemed safe the 2 times I've done it.

[@whoamiwiw]

It’s to fast to tell if I’m in the video but I remember the tent And the construction in Glenn Ellyn and Wheaton. I stopped at subway for lunch that day. Also just today I biked town to Mannheim but didn’t cross it.

[@Cynical_Zombie]

Have you turned onto the Salt Creek Trail?

[@whoamiwiw]

​@@Cynical_Zombie I have once but it was too windy. I turned around after 3 miles

[@Cynical_Zombie]

Gotcha! Once the weather gets better, it’s definitely worth checking out

[@temocua10]

Tantos recuerdos ... Viví varios años en Villa park, y recorrí en bicicleta los pueblos de Villa park, Lombard y Addison, recorrí los " prairie paths" a Aurora,Geneva y Elgin el río Fox. Dejaba la bicicleta sujeta a un tronco y me ponía a correr, en verano otoño, invierno o primavera.

[@Cynical_Zombie]

¡Villa Park es genial! Tengo amigos que viven allí. ¡Me encanta que el Prairie Path se conecte con el Fox River Trail! ¡Parece que has montado por toda la zona! ¡Esos son grandes senderos! ¡Gracias por ver mis vídeos! No hablo español, utilicé Apple Translator. Espero que haya hecho un buen trabajo.

[@temocua10]

@@Cynical_Zombie yes I did ride the whole prairie system and more before smartphones 15 years ago and before. Y si, el traductor de Apple hizo un buen trabajo ... Thanks for the answer. Keep riding and enjoying your rides, summer time is coming and It Is going to get much better.

[@temocua10]

Ah, y la aventura pues no sabía exactamente dónde estaba los días que exploraba una ruta nueva.

[@Cynical_Zombie]

Cuando viajo por senderos utilizo una aplicación llamada AllTrails, que me ayuda a averiguar dónde estoy y a mantener el rumbo.

[@temocua10]

Gracias por compartir tus rutas( thats how we call in México the rides in bycicle"rutas) greetings from México city

[@Cynical_Zombie]

¡Saludos desde Chicagoland! ¡De nada! ¡Me alegro de que te gusten mis vídeos!

[@temocua10]

Mis meses favoritos para salir eran agosto y septiembre. Y me gustaba el mes de febrero para ir a correr en la nieve desde Lombard hasta Elmhurst ida y vuelta , pararme sobre el puente del río Desplaines y observar el río los patos y gansos.

[@Cynical_Zombie]

Agosto y septiembre son meses maravillosos para pasar tiempo en los senderos. Febrero es demasiado frío para mí. ¡La sección del camino de la pradera de Lombard a Elmhurst es muy agradable! Más al norte hay un sendero junto al río Des Plaines, es muy bonito.

[@robertpreston2220]

Back in the 80s I remember getting to manhiem and it was all old railroad tracks still instead of a path the rest of the way

[@Cynical_Zombie]

Nice! Where was the furthest East you were able to go back then?

[@robertpreston2220]

@@Cynical_Zombie The actual path ended at Butterfield road. Then I walked on the old railroad tracks through Bellwood and eventually just made my way to the CTA el terminal in Forest Park and took that to the city and made a day of it

[@Cynical_Zombie]

Nice! I wish they could figure out a way to extend the Main Stem to the Chicago Lakefront trail somehow.

[@robertpreston2220]

@@Cynical_Zombie Oh man that would be something wouldnt it!