Day Rides

Adult Day Ride: The Morton Arboretum

June
20
 
Join us for a day trip to the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. If you haven’t visited the Arboretum, it is a true gem in our local region.

OVERVIEW

Join us for a day trip to the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. If you haven’t visited the Arboretum, it is a true gem in our local region. The Arboretum is home to a variety of native trees, public gardens, and walking paths. We are thrilled to be partnering with arboretum docents on a private tour and nature-based activity. $5 ticket fee will be put towards a donation to The Morton Arboretum to cover entrance fee and their staff time.

Meet up at 7:30am in Oak Park to bike to The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, approximately 20 miles with a pitstop for a quick breakfast. After our tour and activity at The Morton Arboretum, participants can either bike back to Oak Park or take the Metra train from Glen Ellyn to Ogilvie Station.

TRIP DETAILS

  • Total mileage: 45 if biking whole thing; 25 miles if taking Metra on the way back
  • Support: Self-supported – you carry all of your own gear on your own bike.
  • Pace: 10-12 mph — a casual and conversational pace
  • Trail conditions: Pavement and crushed limestone
  • Type: Adult (21+)
  • Start: Longfellow Park
  • End: Longfellow Park or Ogilvie Train Station

WHAT TO BRING

  • Your bike!
  • High energy snacks
  • Helmet
  • Photo I.D. and Emergency Contact Info
  • Cash/Debit/Credit Card for your food and drinks
  • 2 spare inner tubes and tools to replace a flat (guides will be able to assist)
  • At least 2 full water bottles
  • Lock for your bike
  • Sunscreen
  • Welcoming, adventurous, can-do attitude!

WHAT IS INCLUDED

Entry into the Arboretum

Supportive guides leading you from the start to the end point

Education about our local history and nature

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED

Transportation to the start point

Metra ticket

Food and drinks

Your $5 ticket holds your space on the ride and allows us to support the community partners that we work with. All proceeds from the ticket will be donated to our partner Morton Arboretum.  Learn more about Morton Arboretum Chicago Region Trees Initiative here.

About the Guides

Our guides are part of a community of volunteers that believe in adventure and helping others find adventure right out our front door. They exude a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive spirit which are foundational values at OOFD. They have love and appreciation for their home and like sharing knowledge about that home with others, thus helping the riders to develop a stronger sense of gratitude for our local history and nature.

The guides will be set with the route and an extensive script about the area you’ll be riding through with intentionally chosen breakpoints along the way.

They are more than someone to follow on the ride. They are trained and will be there to encourage and support you as well as support with mechanicals that may arise.

RADICAL INCLUSIVITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION AGREEMENT

This is included in your registration form. Showing up with a welcoming and inclusive spirit is crucial and expected of everyone that rides with us.

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Day Rides

Adult Day Ride: The Morton Arboretum

Join us for a day trip to the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. If you haven’t visited the Arboretum, it is a true gem in our local region.
June
20
 
Price: $5
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Radical Inclusivity

Our number one value at Out Our Front Door is to be Welcoming. And we often think, talk, and act on that through something we call Radical Inclusivity.
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Radical Inclusivity and Non‑Discrimination Statement

We at Out Our Front Door believe in the radical inclusion of all people on our bike camping trips. Regardless of your race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, economic status, or even the types of bikes you ride, we want you rollin’ with us. We want everyone to feel welcome. As a participant of an Out Our Front Door event, you are inherently agreeing to Ride and Let Ride.
If you exhibit any micro-aggressions observed by leaders, such as being judgmental of another’s bike, touring experience/skill, mansplaining, or generally being unfriendly you will be politely yet firmly corrected by OOFD leaders. If you commit any serious offense such as repeated unwanted flirtation, sexual harassment, overt racism, etc., you will be asked to leave the tour without a refund and will no longer be welcomed on future rides.
If you feel you are a victim of any of the above or have observed it, please raise the issue with one of our ride leaders, and they will handle the issue accordingly and with appropriate discretion.
We have this policy in place because we want everyone to feel safe and welcome. Out Our Front Door is an open community of bike campers, and we will forever work to bring all sorts of folks into the fold. Thank you for being a positive contributor to that community.

Land Acknowledgement

We recognize that every path we travel is on Native land, and we offer this land acknowledgment with respect for those who came before us.
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Land Acknowledgement

Chicago is the traditional homeland of the Council of the Three Fires: The Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Tribes like the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Sac, and Fox also called this area home. Located at the intersection of several great waterways, the land naturally became a site of travel and healing for many Tribes. American Indians continue to call this area home, and now Chicago is home to the third largest Urban American Indian community that still practices their heritage traditions and cares for the land and waterways. Today, Chicago continues to be a place that calls many people from diverse backgrounds to live and gather.
This land acknowledgment is from the American Indian Center of Chicago.

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