Here Is What I Saw

November 12, 2019

I find it interesting to see just the what might be called the Common Stuff of different places.

Ive intended to takes photos, for example, of a ride to the Post Office and back -- nothing particularly striking about that, but, since 365 is about the bicycle in daily life, such a photo sequence would seem appropriate.

Things you would never think of photographing are probably what is the goal here -- "who would ever want a picture of that??"

On a bicycle we see lots of stuff that would just be a blur or not noticed at all in an automobile -- that's the idea, such as it is. :)

There is no story per se, just here is where I rode, here is what I saw.

Following are various photos from various rides at various times -- this is what I saw:

Going north toward town on 7th street

Fenced in (or out) alley -- not seen often here

Clouds over a bean field

Modified tree near JR's Recycling


Its uncertain exactly what they conserve

Familiar scene here

A horse with no name

Beans and corn along CR 4000N aka "Lovers Lane"

Back in the halcyon days we had brick alleys

Carriage houses now apartments

Weeping tree McFerren Park

Ag Chem facility near Cheneyville

Corn drying down for harvest

Another alley with fence(s)

Stay the hell out! OK!!! Although, one day, the gate was open and we rode around the former gravel pit pond -- so there! :)

The gate was open, no one around, we rode in

Previous view with gate closed

Abandoned gravel pit now Conservation Club

There was dissention among the ranks at one point

Conservation Club

View from inside

Road became much rougher than it looks here

Rounding the south end

Fish Fry that-a-way

Waste water and sludge from Teasdale Foods being dredged -- contents spread on farm fields

Ordinary home in our general neighborhood

"Stink Ditch" conducting treated waste water to the North Fork river

Cardinal on the guy wire -- neighbors buildings across the street

CSX railroad @ 3800 N

Harvested corn

Flower Shop/Garden Center/Gift Shop

McFerren Park

Garage under construction 4th Street

Foster's "gently used" ;) Previously owned merchandise

Cubs fan (former fellow School employee)

End of 6th Avenue -- right to Illinois Route 1 -- left to JR's Recycling

CSX 4000 N

Middle School doors

One of the original buildings of downtown

Just up the street from home

Machine destroyed Country Terrace Senior Living complex

Repairing home from tree falling on it

Barn Quilt Civic Center McFerren Park

Small down town park

Former Western Auto Store

"Cowboy Church"

Cranksgiving 2018 -- donation to Food Bank

The only game in town, and they know it

John Deere equipment from years ago -- now a laundromat

Looking east on Main Street

North Fork Vermilion River

Fireball whisky bottle found literally (or litter-ally) ALL OVER the place

Another small down town park

Neighborhood home

Another

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View down Elm Street

View down 7th Street

Farther south out of town on 7th Street

Township Garage

Adjusted income housing

Income adjusted housing

Corn field flooded by North Fork

Field in winter

School Administration Building

Max the cat and Diamond Back

Bridge over North Fork at Cheneyville -- also pictured in Bill's 2011 CC trip

KBS railroad cross the North Fork

WW II Tank

Corn beginning to grow
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JR's Recycling

Hagen All Speed Chain wheel

1974 - Hagen All-Speed Expanding Chainwheel.
This had 6 smaller sprockets that moved outward as an inner spiral-plate turned.
The gear range was 2.85 to 1, or 285%.


This Hagen All-Speed crank was up for sale on eBay last year. Top photo shows it in "low gear" position, and the bottom photo is "high gear." And it was infinitely variable in-between. At least one of the ads described it as having "a jillion speeds."