Bike fun strikes BACK!

You wouldn't know them if they walked past you on the train platform. If they made your low-foam grande skim mocha. If they made your bed this morning.

Sustainable horticulture meets fun bike culture!

Join the H-F Bike Fun Strike Force for a bicycle tour of sustainable gardens and landscapes in Homewood and Flossmoor July 25, 2010.

What: Homewood-Flossmoor Prairie Garden Bike Tour
Where: Starts/ends at Indian Trail Park (Riegel & Willow Road), Homewood
When: 2 PM - 4 PM, July 25, 2010.
Contact: Steve Buchtel, steve@activetrans.org or 708/365-9365

RSVP for the Prairie Garden Bike Tour on H-F Bike Fun’s Strike Force Facebook page: tinyurl.com/gardenbiketour

• A two hour, leisurely 11-mile tour on quiet streets, starting/ending at Indian Trails Park in Homewood, expertly guided by Active Transportation Alliance
• Jackie Riffice, founder of Prairie Godmothers (prairiegodmothers.com) is our docent
• Tour includes stops at nine remarkable homes throughout both villages, Ravisloe Country Club and Coyote Run golf course
• Family friendly! - Environmental educator ME4E (me4e.org) will have fun, engaging activities for your children at Indian Trail Park while you tour
• Lemonade provided on tour, and DQ Dilly Bars for you and the kids at tour’s end

RSVP required; tour is just $5 per adult - pay cash only on day of ride. RSVP for the Prairie Garden Bike Tour on H-F Bike Fun’s Strike Force Facebook page: tinyurl.com/gardenbiketour.

Contact: Steve Buchtel, steve@activetrans.org or 708/365-9365

What: Help Active Trans update the Southland portion of the Chicagoland Bicycle Map
When: 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 17
Where: Flossmoor Station Restaurant and Brewery, 1035 Sterling Ave., Flossmoor
Questions? Contact Steve Buchtel at steve@activetrans.org or 708.365.9365

Footprints - and beer - draws a crowd it turns out

Oh my, is there bike love in the Southland, enough to turn gray skies to blue.

Footprints lead to Flossmoor Brewery after work

 Biking to work has it's own rewards. Today, one of the awards is beer.