Bicyclists to share their European bike-barge experience
The Bicycle Club of Lake County presents a “European River Barge/Bicycle Trip: Seven Days Aboard the Barge, Sailing Home, Traveling Through France, Luxembourg and Germany,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the Libertyville Civic Center, 135 West Church Street, Libertyville.
Paula Matzek and Al Gibbs of the Arlington Heights Bicycle Club will share photos and stories from their recent European cycling trip. This program is free and open to the public.
In August, 26 bicyclists filled all berths on the barge, Sailing Home. Members of the Arlington Heights and Mount Prospect Bicycle Clubs, along with friends from other local cycling clubs, enjoyed a weeklong bike-and-barge vacation on the Mosel River.
Sailing Home was their lodging for the week as they spent their days riding scenic roads and bike paths along and above the Mosel and Saar rivers, enjoying rural vistas, vineyards, historic sites, towns, and cities in France, Luxembourg and Germany.
All Bicycle Club of Lake County events — rides, programs and meetings — are free and open to the public. Event details are listed on the Ride Schedule on www.BikeBCLC.com.
The Bicycle Club of Lake County was founded in 1978, to promote safe, recreational biking through organized rides, meetings, newsletters, advocacy, ride leadership and bicycle safety classes. The club supports the Active Transportation Alliance, the League of American Bicyclists, the League of Illinois Bicyclists, Rails to Trails, and the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin.
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