Illinois

Through My Blue Eyes

An Odyssey on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail

Illinois

I traveled on a ferry across the Ohio River from Kentucky into Illinois.

Self-portrait in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois.

Cave-In-Rock, Illinois.

I met a fellow cyclist near Elizabethtown, Illinois.  His travels were taking him through the entire state of Illinois.

Traveling west by bicycle is awesome because each day ends with a spectacular sunset.

Hilly terrain in Illinois.

Other cyclists on the TransAmerica Trail in Murphysboro, Illinois.

Mississippi River flood plains in Illinois.

Camping on an Illinois levee over looking the Mississippi River.

Coal chutes that load coal onto barges on the Mississippi River.

TransAmerica cyclist outside of Chester, Illinois.

Crossing over the Mississippi River into Missouri.