2nd Annual Bike Ride to the City

Today Jason and I ride our bikes downtown in what is now officially a tradition.

After dropping the girls at school we hop on our bikes under a crisp late summer sky, ride through our neighborhood to Evanston, and then seamlessly wind through Chicago's Rogers Park until hopping on the Lakeshore Drive bike trail. 

During the school day we have time to ride to the city,

stop for coffee,

take lots of pictures

(Jason took this one of Chicago's new bike lanes)

and stop for some Vietnamese food under the L tracks.

And just in case you are wondering about "swim bans" in Lake Michigan...

I guess it really isn't a sewage problem. 

 It's all those kids feeding the birds their leftover PB&J.

Phew.  I guess we don't need to clean up the Chicago River.

On the way back

I stole a picture

 of some Northwestern band dudes practicing for the next game.

You know, trying to get a little blog traffic.