Sinississippi Trail

Lately we have been riding across the dam to Sterling and getting on the path from the Dillon Home to Woodlawn Park, through Sinissippi Park, they just recently paved it all the way.
The following are picture from these rides.

The Hydro Dam, the starting point in Rock Falls,IL

                                                                Walkway on Dam

Beginning of path at Dillon Home Museum

Retaining Wall along Rail Road Tracks

Switch Back that makes the transition to the lower part of the path

Yesterday after the sever storm that went through here we spent a lot of time pulling limbs off the path, this one was too big, so we broke off the smaller limbs to make it easier to get the bikes across it and keep going.

Indian Mounds in Sinississippi Rark

View of Rock River and Lagoon from near the Indian Mounds.

Pig Tail Bridge in Park, any way that's what we always called it when we were kids

The view from the south side of Sauk Valley College of the Rock River, our turn around point on one of our rides.

Wood Lawn Park

Pumpkin Mushrooms, they are poisonous, this is the first day we saw them.

Pumpkin Mushrooms second day we saw them

Pumpkin Mushrooms third time we saw them.

 Pumpkin Mushrooms close up shot. They are pretty, but are poisonous

Heading back to Rock Falls

Path as it comes up to Dillon Home Museum 

Switch Engine at Dillon Homer Museum,  this engine was one of the last actually used at the Steel Mill and as such one of the last Steam Engines actually used in real work in the USA

Viaduct under the Rail Road Tracks as the path coming back to the dam on the Rock River

View looking west from the Hydro Dam Walkway of the Rock River, Sterling, IL in the background  to the right.

Tampico, Illinois for breakfast

Rode down the canal to Hahnaman Road and then into Tampico for breakfast, then north out of town and back to Rock Falls on paved roads, at 31.66 miles this is our longest ride this year, what a workout.

Garmin Report

This is the only picture I shot, Judy saw this and 

said that is the Barn Quilt I want on the garage.

I need to get a better shot of this barn Quilt and probably a better camera for our rides.

Saturday 8-9-14 on the canal.

Rode over to Sinississippi Park and on to Wood lawn park, then headed east to Stauffer Road and then back into the edge of Sterling and back into Sinississippi Park and back across the Dam to home, what a work out, lots of hills.

After a climb in which I didn't down shift soon enough, we stopped for a breather, I shot this picture from there, I thought it was a neat shot.

 This shot is along the path coming into Woodlawn Park

Garmin Report

8-8-14 on The Hennepin Feeder Canal

We rode down to Buell Road today as there was such as wind out of the east, and the canal for the most part would be sheltered. The IDNR has been out mowing and for the most part is doing a fine job. Some one, I assume the City of Rock Falls is marking sections of the paved path from the dam to Route 40 for spots to be repaired or patched.

  I shot a couple of pictures at Buell Road bridge as it was such a beautiful sky.

View to the West

View to the east