Outside is free August 24, 2020 It’s been a long summer and I’m grateful for the regenerative nature of long bike rides and the means to travel so freely. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize
![Bike ride, south to Auburn, west to Lead Line Road into Virden and return through Chatham Sunday, May 24, 2020 near Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140027366-3H6PBGBZ5YGAHLIAK39W/Illinois-rural-community-3.jpg)
![Bike ride east through Rochester to Edinburg and back around Lake Sangchris through Chatham Saturday, July 25, 2020 near , Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140017704-038NW9GDH6HZVHRYJTWY/07252020BikeRide_004_t.jpg)
![Bike ride, south to Auburn, west to Lead Line Road into Virden and return through Chatham Sunday, May 24, 2020 near Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140031579-EHT4NP6SZHUBL7LSJJVX/Illinois-rural-community-4.JPG)
![Bike ride east through Rochester to Edinburg and back around Lake Sangchris through Chatham Saturday, July 25, 2020 near , Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140022043-12X8EJ138N5CV0HUNFVM/07252020BikeRide_017_t.jpg)
![Bike ride south on Interurban around Chatham and back Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020 in Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140017617-2XVWUZDKIUMKZS9XEUE1/08232020bikeride_006_w.jpg)
![Gravel bike ride, north from Tallula and back Thursday, July 23, 2020 near Tallula, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140024040-9S75AQOX0EMKMH5925NP/Illinois-rural-landscape-agriculture-12.JPG)
![Bike ride, south to Auburn, west to Lead Line Road into Virden and return through Chatham Sunday, May 24, 2020 near Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140032470-5BFUXJUYYSVGQVJSTCS2/Illinois-rural-community-5.JPG)
![Bike ride, south to Auburn, west to Lead Line Road into Virden and return through Chatham Sunday, May 24, 2020 near Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140038117-9OB16IVM0VCTFJC4T20I/Illinois-rural-community-architecture-3.JPG)
![Bike ride, south to Auburn, west to Lead Line Road into Virden and return through Chatham Sunday, May 24, 2020 near Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140038465-Q6D49BR0MHIH7ZAZ232Q/Illinois-rural-community-6.JPG)
![Bike ride, south to Auburn, west to Lead Line Road into Virden and return through Chatham Sunday, May 24, 2020 near Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140046483-U56DGMA9GKE0X55LZ70Q/Illinois-rural-landscape-7.JPG)
![Bike ride, south to Auburn, west to Lead Line Road into Virden and return through Chatham Sunday, May 24, 2020 near Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140046408-1U4LS5DY6WXPVJNNFV9Z/Illinois-rural-landscape-8.JPG)
![Bike ride north through Athens to Greenview, north to Reavis bluff then south through Petersburg Saturday, May 30, 2020 from Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140053222-1NGTIV3ADJIBW18UTWVE/Illinois-rural-landscape-9.JPG)
![Bike ride, Sangamon Valley Trail to Athens, east to Elkhart, Lincoln, Middletown and Sherman Sunday, July 5, 2020 in Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]Temperature was mid-90s, high humidity. Felt dizzy and exhausted in Sherman, rescued by Dana at 85 mil](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140053740-0SLNTT8RPVDQ5G6BGOT8/Illinois-rural-community-landscape-10.JPG)
![Bike ride, Sangamon Valley Trail to Athens, east to Elkhart, Lincoln, Middletown and Sherman Sunday, July 5, 2020 in Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]Temperature was mid-90s, high humidity. Felt dizzy and exhausted in Sherman, rescued by Dana at 85 mil](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140312306-ESNTG9BQV5U6Y9SHE17N/07052020BikeRide_163_t.jpg)
![Gravel bike ride, north from Tallula and back Thursday, July 23, 2020 near Tallula, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140055072-AZYFAVW82QK6F8M9PJLL/Illinois-rural-landscape-11.JPG)
![Gravel bike ride, north from Tallula and back Thursday, July 23, 2020 near Tallula, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140062433-R6NL8VFK7DQECC2EIEIP/Illinois-rural-landscape-agriculture-13.JPG)
![Gravel bike ride, north from Tallula and back Thursday, July 23, 2020 near Tallula, Ill. [Rich Saal]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140066327-X7JA7LWR8EP4XGA7OHR1/Illinois-rural-landscape-13.JPG)
![Bike ride, Sangamon Valley Trail to Athens, east to Elkhart, Lincoln, Middletown and Sherman Sunday, July 5, 2020 in Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]Temperature was mid-90s, high humidity. Felt dizzy and exhausted in Sherman, rescued by Dana at 85 mil](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140092709-LE2AMZJTI8LF9DACC017/Illinois-rural-agriculture-landscape-farming-10.JPG)
![Bike ride, Sangamon Valley Trail to Athens, east to Elkhart, Lincoln, Middletown and Sherman Sunday, July 5, 2020 in Springfield, Ill. [Rich Saal]Temperature was mid-90s, high humidity. Felt dizzy and exhausted in Sherman, rescued by Dana at 85 mil](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56928768dc5cb46e49d7d804/1599140093198-VYN1D100PNQ7GJJM094C/07052020BikeRide_011_t.jpg)
