"There's a road I'd like to tell you about...

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The group ride on Lake Shore Drive essentially began at the intersection of Jackson Blvd. and Lake Shore Drive. During one of its many routings and re-routings, this was the eastern terminus of Rt.66. My day's journey on the Drive, along with Fritzwilliger's, began at Hollywood Ave. at the very north end of it.

Bill was a pleasure to ride with. He kept himself in my mirror, closed the gap between us when I approached a stale green light and rode very predictably. I look forward to riding with him again.

Lake Shore Drive starts at Hollywood now, but many many years ago it started at Foster Ave., not very far from where the picture below was taken. The eight lane road on which we were riding is indeed Lake Shore Drive, but there are, in a way, two Lake Shore Drives. The other one is the original, mostly two laned, street. Many Chicagoans refer to this road as "The Inner Drive" and our road for the day as "The Outer Drive". Much of the north end of the Outer Drive was built on landfill created with debris from other highway projects, most notably the Eisenhower Expressway which was originally named the Congress Exoressway and which was part of, you guessed it, Route 66. Make note of the pale pink (coral?) and white building behind Bill as I will address this landmark when the whole lot of us pass it on the way north...


The Outer Drive has only a few curves and almost no elevation changes. There happens to be a slight turn and a short bridge spanning the entrance to Diversey Harbor that combine to provide this great first look of downtown Chicago...


Bill and I had a wonderful ride down the Drive and I'm sure he was as excited as I was at the sight of the Hancock Building before us. It meant that we would soon be meeting a small group of like-minded individuals with whom to share the ride back north.

Going farther south can get rough. I grew up 3 blocks off 72nd and Stony Island.
Could start at President Obama's house near the Univ of Chicago.

Beautiful place when I grew up there in the 1960s. I would not loiter around there now days on the CB1100.



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I wouldn't be too worried in the early morning and in a group. This picture was taken a few years ago when I was riding a CBR250r. My mom went to high school here in the late 1930s. I actually plan to ride the entire length of LSD from north to south the next time I ride to Michigan.