{"id":255,"date":"2010-03-16T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T01:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/?p=255"},"modified":"2010-09-25T18:01:14","modified_gmt":"2010-09-25T23:01:14","slug":"algonquin-road-paul-douglas-bike-trail-conditions-%e2%80%93-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"Algonquin Road \/ Paul Douglas Bike Trail Conditions \u2013 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just did my first ride of the season on the Algonquin Road \/ Paul Douglas Bike Trail today! It was an excellent day for a ride and I’ll be updating my Bike Trail condition reports\u00a0for this year, as usual.<\/p>\n

\u00a0There is no construction<\/strong> on the trail but there are a few wet areas (where you’ll need to slow down to avoid a mud streak on your back (unless you have fenders or something) and unfortunately, there is a little flooding again this year<\/strong> just north of\u00a0 Lakewood (on the west side of Paul Douglas woods).<\/p>\n

The flooding is not nearly as bad as it was last year and it is completely possible to ride through it though. I’d say that the deepest part is only 3 inches and that is only for a few feet in distance. It’s not much worse than riding through a deep puddle but you will need to slow down to get through it.<\/p>\n

\"Flooding<\/a>

Flooding along the Paul Douglas Trail<\/p><\/div>\n

I took a few photos with my phone. My phone is old and the photos are not very good but I think that they are good enough for you to get the idea.<\/p>\n

Another thing that I noticed is that the house that was at the top of the hill, just east of the Grassy Ridge Meadow park is now gone! I guess they just leveled it. I don’t know who owned the property and house or if that was Forest Preserve land, but the hose is no longer there.<\/p>\n

And one final note. I did see a couple of my deer buddies along the trail again so I guess they made it through the winter OK!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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