<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Spokesrider &#187; Illinois</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.spokesrider.com/category/illinois/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.spokesrider.com</link>
	<description>Bicycle touring and history</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:30:31 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Tunnel Hill Road</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/12/01/tunnel-hill-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/12/01/tunnel-hill-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spokesrider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Johnson County IL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Madrid (October 2010)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spokesrider.com/?p=4335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Tunnel Hill, I took the Tunnel Hill Road west instead of the Tunnel Hill Trail, a more southerly route. What I most remember about this part of the ride was slogging into the wind, again.   I had been riding into the wind ever since Terre Haute, several days before.   But now I was in <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/12/01/tunnel-hill-road/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/12/01/tunnel-hill-road/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tunnel Hill</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/11/30/tunnel-hill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/11/30/tunnel-hill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spokesrider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Johnson County IL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Madrid (October 2010)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spokesrider.com/?p=4329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over a month ago, on October 27th, after having spent a rest day in Cape Girardeau being shown around by Ken Steinhoff, I resumed the ride at Tunnel Hill.   Two days earlier (blue line) I had ridden to this point on the Tunnel Hill trail.   Now, instead of riding it at least to Vienna and from there to Cairo,  I decided to leave the trail at this point and head towards Cape Girardeau.  (Shown by the red line.)    This change was thanks to the advice I got from Ken about routes.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/11/30/tunnel-hill/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ken Steinhoff&#8217;s home town</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/11/05/ken-steinhoffs-home-town/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/11/05/ken-steinhoffs-home-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spokesrider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alexander County IL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cape Girardeau County MO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Madrid (October 2010)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/11/05/ken-steinhoffs-home-town/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I hadn't intended that to be on my route to New Madrid until I saw how easy it would be to cross the Mississippi here, and until Ken showed me some usable bike routes south of Cape Giradeau. He wasn't sure about the suitability of some of those identified as a bicycle route by the Mississippi River Trail organization.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/11/05/ken-steinhoffs-home-town/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Impassible</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/28/impassible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/28/impassible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spokesrider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Johnson County IL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Madrid (October 2010)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White County IL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/28/impassible/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The gravel road was OK. Once I got to Broughton I had to head south into the wind. After the previous day I thought the far fewer miles into a slightly lesser wind this day would be easier. But for some reason I found it even more difficult and tiring than the previous day.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/28/impassible/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Earthquake at West Salem</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/25/earthquake-at-west-salem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/25/earthquake-at-west-salem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spokesrider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edwards County IL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Madrid (October 2010)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/25/earthquake-at-west-salem/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first question was why I wasn't riding a recumbent. When we got to the part where I explained that I was riding to New Madrid to see the damage that was done by the earthquake of 1811-1812, they informed me that they had had their own earthquake near here. It was the one early on a Sunday morning in April 2008.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/25/earthquake-at-west-salem/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wabash Cannonball Bridge</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/24/wabash-cannonball-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/24/wabash-cannonball-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spokesrider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knox County IN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence County IL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Madrid (October 2010)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/24/wabash-cannonball-bridge/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sat Oct 24. Vincennes IN to West Salem IL. At the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge I forgot myself and crossed into Illinois like I&#8217;ve done on previous rides. Then I remembered that I had wanted to try the toll bridge across the river at St. Francisville IL. So I went back to the Indiana <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/24/wabash-cannonball-bridge/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/24/wabash-cannonball-bridge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Blackhawk Battlefield Park</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/15/blackhawk-battlefield-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/15/blackhawk-battlefield-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spokesrider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Hawk war zone tour - 2004]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephenson County IL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/15/blackhawk-battlefield-park/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Blackhawk Battlefield Park in Stephenson County, Illinois, is a favorite spot of ours, not only for its historical significance but because of the view. A gravel road leads up a gentle but definite slope to the highest ground for miles around. At the top are the graves of men killed in the battle of Kellogg's Grove, which took place nearby.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/10/15/blackhawk-battlefield-park/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gravel in our future</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/04/11/gravel-in-our-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/04/11/gravel-in-our-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spokesrider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vincennes (March 2010)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wabash County IL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/04/11/gravel-in-our-future/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I ride on the deteriorating asphalt roads near home, I sometimes wonder what&#8217;s going to happen as oil and roadbuilding get more expensive. Will more roads revert to gravel? Our own county is already letting some revert to gravel for budgetary reasons. If that happens to a lot of roads I figure it won&#8217;t <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/04/11/gravel-in-our-future/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/04/11/gravel-in-our-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Bicycle gardens</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/03/05/bicycle-gardens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/03/05/bicycle-gardens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spokesrider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bureau County IL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru IL base camp (September 2009)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/03/05/bicycle-gardens/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken Steinhoff&#8217;s post about Bicycle Gardens Sprouting Up All Over made me think of this scene from a ride on August 31. In this land of corn and soybeans one might get the idea that life is strictly business &#8212; agribusiness. Then one sees a bit of whimsy, like this red bike left to grow <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/03/05/bicycle-gardens/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.spokesrider.com/2010/03/05/bicycle-gardens/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ohio, Illinois</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/08/31/ohio-illinois/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/08/31/ohio-illinois/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spokesrider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bureau County IL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/08/31/ohio-illinois/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I rode from Peru to Dad Joe Grove, then ended the outing in Ohio. Ohio, Illinois, that is. From there we drove to O&#8217;Hare airport, and now we&#8217;re back home. Back to work tomorrow. Yesterday I hadn&#8217;t even known there was a Dad Joe Grove. I found out about it in the motel <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/08/31/ohio-illinois/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/08/31/ohio-illinois/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Served from: www.spokesrider.com @ 2012-02-05 03:11:09 -->
