Not The Ride I Wanted

I do not think I found what I was looking for. There were office parks for credit card and chemical companies and then the massive homes on smaller lots-- that next year and next decade they will look at and be disgusted by and the children will ask them why they built them. The parents will know but be too embarassed to say. On a dirt road beyond a heavy gate I could just see a house through the trees. I am not sure this was the house I was looking for. I will try for the house again, another way, from another road, from another direction. There were, however, wonderful trees and the roads were fast and a white bicycle rides just a little faster. The clicking of a Sturmey Archer is a music you do not tire of. On each ride there is the remarkable.

23km

At George Madison Millard House

George Madison Millard House at 1689 Lake Avenue,

Highland Park, IL.

Frank Lloyd Wright architect, finished 1906.

Ride 26km (same ride as Adams House)
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At Mary M W Adams House

Mary M W Adams House at 1923 Lake Avenue, Highland Park, IL.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, finished 1905.

26km ride (also saw Millard House on this ride).

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Short Conversation

"I am a doer."
"What is that?"
"I am not a talker," he said.
"What do you do?"
"I am not like you," he answered.
"Then I am a talker?"
He said nothing. He shuffled his papers.
"I am curious. Is that what you mean to say?"
"You can figure it out," he said. He did not look up.
"Why not tell me? So that it is clear?"
But he did not say anything. He would not say anything more.

SKIRT GUARD

Ten years ago I found a girl
And put down my bike

What a mistake.

At John O Carr House

I had read the John O Carr House could only sometimes be seen from the street in winter, and then only when the tree cover and brush were cut back. There was very little of the house visible when I went to it. But when you are traveling by bicycle, especially on an old English bicycle that you have carefully reconstructed yourself, there can only be successful trips.

John O Carr House at 1544 Portage Run, Glenview, IL.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, finished 1950.
19km ride.

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