The Des Plaines River Trail Photos
Route 60 to Half Day Preserve

This downed tree is right off of the trail just before the Route 60 underpass and looks like the work of a beaver. I don't know enough about beavers to say for sure if this is their work but after a quick internet search I see that they do sometimes take down some larger trees.

This is the Route 60 underpass as seen from the north (as I was riding south back to Half Day).  As you can see there was no problem with flooding at this time although there are times when the river is high and the underpasses are wither closed completely of you get a little wet if you decided to go for it.

Just after the Route 60 underpass you go over the river on this bridge. You can actually see the underpass from this bridge. I shot this photo looking straight down the bridge to give the riders perspective as you cross the bridge looking straight ahead.  To the right , the river is wide and there is a dam as you can see in the photo below.

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This is an HDR photo of the dam and the wider part of the river as seen from the DPRT bridge shown in the photo above. This is a fairly scenic view from the bridge and I often see people taking a break on the bridge and enjoying the view. The High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo that Dale created above gives an interesting perspective of this scene. 

Here we are back in the woods again after the underpass and bridge scene and just before we took a ride into Wright Woods. The trails through Wright Woods (technically Captain Daniel Wright Woods) are very wooded as seen in the photo above. There are some lakes and scenic openings in the park also (as in the next photo).

This photo shows the main lake in the park area of Wright Woods. The lake has tons of lily pads in the shallower parts as you can see in the foreground of this picture. There are also some benches and picnic tables making this an excellent place to take a break.

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It was near sunset when we passed by the lake in the Half Day Forest Preserve. The HDR photo above shows the lake at sunset as seen from the bridge on the bike path.

The final photo in this DPRT photo tour was also at the lake in the Half Day Forest Preserve. This one was also taken from the bike path bridge at the same location but with a lower perspective. This photo is not an HDR photo (of course) but I did boost the colors a bit to emphasize the sunset reflection in the lake.