After hanging with my nuns, doing some laundry, updating my blog, and shopping for groceries, I pulled out the bike gear for another cycling adventure. Funny thing was, the forecast was 90% chance of rain — didn’t rain while I was running errands, but as soon as I slipped my helmet on for a ride, go figure, it started raining. Undaunted nun biker that I am, I got on my bike and headed out. Met up with buddy Carol outside Loyola Press and then we continued toward the Lake Shore trail.
Along Addison, we hit all kinds of people and car traffic. The Cubs game was in the final inning and people were flowing into the streets (Cubs blew the Pirates out of the water 13-1). Love Wrigley Field, “the friendly confines”.
By the time we got to the lakeshore (just about a mile or so), the fog had rolled in. Couldn’t see the skyline, the lake, or even your front wheel!
Went south for a while, dodging bikers and runners — all of us spattered with rain and weaving through the fog. Got off at Fullerton and parked at our destination: The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Locked down the bikes (street cuffs, u-lock, and 3 kryptonite cables plus a prayer to the angels for protection) and went inside to warmth and dryness!
It’s a pretty educational museum. Lots of kids and stuff to interact with and read. Saw the river exhibit, some snakes and spiders and stick-looking bugs and turtles. Went through the butterfly room — a little unnerving to have dive-bombing butterflies. Glad I still had my helmet. 
They also had a great exhibit called The Extreme Green Room.
Another great exhibit was Cool Globes. Sixth grade students from 34 Chicago public schools created mini-globes that showcase solutions to global warming, as perceived from a child’s viewpoint. If you go along Chicago’s lakefront from the Field Museum north to Navy Pier you can see the full exhibit of over 100 sculpted globes each 5 feet in diameter. Check out www.coolglobes.org.
After the museum, Carol and I saddled up the bikes again and headed into the city for coffee. Along the way we ran into a pink bunny … it was Patty, a woman dressed up in a furry bunny suit encouraging people to help work for a cure for breast cancer. It’s a passion of hers, she said, as well as helping to raise money to fight AIDS, a significant work for which Mayor Daley himself has recognized Patty. Rock on, Patty. Great work you are doing. Thank you.
Well, so that was the bike adventure of the weekend. Hope to get out again later today but am also trying to catch up on emails and blog comments. Have a good one!
Sister Julie
I’ve been having fun biking again. As long as the temp is over 30 I can handle it. Well, I’ve gone colder but it’s not always that fun. My commute to work isn’t that long so weekends are when I like to go on bigger trips. Although 
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