The Great River Trail - From Albany, IL to Cordova, IL

Today we drove to Albany and parked at the Albany Mounds Park to get on the trail, Previously we have ridden from Savanna, Il to Thompson and from Thompson to Fulton and then to Albany, so today we tackled the next 10 mile one way section, for a round trip of 20 miles. Once we got to Cordova, IL we looked for a place to have lunch and we found the Drifter's Cafe right on Illinois Highway 84. Nice clean restaurant with good food, huge clean restrooms and a friendly efficient waitress. On the trip south we had a 10 mph. headwind and some tough hills. The path is paved with asphalt and 99% of it is on a separate bike path, with minimal street riding, well kept almost all the way. It took us 68 minutes to go 10 miles against the stiff wind, but coming back we managed it in 47 minutes and that included 3 stops for some sight seeing. So having the wind to our backs really made a difference.

 Rest Rooms at Albany Mounds Park at the Trail Head parking lot.

Start of the paved trail through Albany Mounds Park.

 Albany Mounds Park.

Heading into the Timber in Albany Mounds Park.

First real hill in the  Park, the hill are from 3 to 10% incline, so they are a workout.

 Judy ahead of me on the path coming to the south side of Albany Mounds Park.

 The path along IL State Route 84

                     After Lunch in Cordova, we headed back north and here we are about 2 miles 

                                                              north of Cordova.

See the facts of the ride and a overhead view of our ride at    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/325542694  be sure to switch to the satilite view!