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It's amazing where you can go on a bike!

During a rare idle moment on the Belleville News-Democrat copy desk, one of my colleagues was reading a story that was to appear in today's edition about a huge Christmas light display in Woburn, Ill.

"Does anyone know where Woburn is?" he asked.

I usually know the answer to those types of question because I'm sort of the geography expert on the copy desk. Geography always has been one of my strong suits -- I knew all 50 state capitals when I was 5 years old -- and being a cyclist in the metro-east has made me familiar with some of the more obscure places of the metro-east, such as the "Twin Cities" of Floraville and Paderborn.

But, for a while, Woburn's location stumped me. So my colleague then decided to consult Mapquest to find out where it was. As soon as saw the map of Greenville, everything clicked.

It turned out I've ridden my bike in Woburn twice with cycling friend Tracy Hall. Tracy leads a group, GEARS at GFCC (First Christian Church of Greenville), and two of the three rides I've done with that group went through Woburn.

It also turned out Tracy told me about the Christmas display. You can read more about the display in this News-Democrat story by Teri Maddox.

Now that I remember where Woburn is, I'd like to go up there this week to see the display.

Roger 0 comments 2:54 PM