Friday, September 9, 2016

GOOSE ISLAND

Goose Island is the only island within Chicago. One will never see a sign welcoming you to the island or a sign thanking you for visiting and asking you to visit again. It seems to only be identified on Chicago maps. There are no residential units on this island. The theme of my urban hike today was to walk every street, every nook and cranny that was not private property on Goose Island. Once I finished that, which was about five miles, I circumnavigated the island as best I could. My hike ended up back on Lake Michigan. When I was done, I had logged fifteen miles. 


Fifteen Mile Urban Hike which focused on 'exploring' Goose Island.

This shows that I walked every street possible in Goose Island and that I took a hike around the island as well.
It was a 'grey' day in Chicago and this black and white photograph captured the mood better than a full color photo.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST Calories
kcal
Carbs
g
Fat
g
Protein
g
Sodium
mg
Sugar
g
Quaker - Grits - Instant - Original 300 66 0 6 930 0
Bacon Slices 400 0 25 8 525 0
Quaker - Chewy Granola 90 Calories 270 57 6 3 240 21

970 123 31 17 1,695 21
L U N C H
Campbell's Chunky Manhattan Clam Chowder 120 18 3 5 800 3
Earthbound Farm - Baby Spinach, Organic 40 6 0 4 130 0
Made Good - Choc chip granola minis                      200 28 9 4 0 10

360 52 12 13 930 13
D I N N E R
Couscous, cooked, 1 cup, cooked 176 36 0 6 8 0
Pork Chops, 4 oz 170 0 8 24 55 0
Home Made - Garden Salad, 1 bowl 100 6 0 4 400 4

446 42 8 34 463 4
S N A C K S
FRENCH VANILLA ALMOND GRANOLA 500 92 16 10 120 28

500 92 16 10 120 28
Totals 2,276 309 67 74 3,208 66
Your Daily Goal 4,640 580 154 233 2,300 174
Remaining 2,364 271 87 159 -908 108
Calories
kcal
Carbs
g
Fat
g
Protein
g
Sodium
mg
Sugar
g
*You've earned 2,710 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 179.1 lbs in 5 weeks     

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular                   Minutes Calories Burned
15 MILE URBAN HIKE
208 2,779




   
Daily Total / Goal 209 / 30 2,710 / 590  
Weekly Total / Goal 660 / 210 8,264 / 4,130






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from wikipedia.com
Goose Island is the only island on the Chicago River in Illinois. It is an artificial island, formed by the North Branch of the Chicago River on the west and the North Branch Canal on the east. It covers 160 acres (0.65 km2), and is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) across at its widest point.

The land that was to become the present-day Goose Island lies on a bend in the Chicago River between North Avenue on the north and Chicago Avenue on the south. In 1853 William B. Ogden, who had been Chicago's first mayor, formed the Chicago Land Company, which purchased land on the east side of the river to excavate clay for brick-making. Starting from the south, workers excavated a channel northwards, and by 1857 the channel had rejoined the river forming a shortcut past the bend in the river. The channel was eventually dredged to 50 feet (15 m) wide and 10 feet (3.0 m) deep to make it navigable, and it became known as the North Branch Canal, or Ogden's Canal. The island thus created was also sometimes nicknamed Ogden's Island, a name that some Chicago aldermen proposed to make the official name of the island in 1891.
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