Team Jellie May Adventure Rails, E-Bikes, Lincoln, and Late-Night Dive Bars Planning a unique spring getaway? Let me walk you through our Team Jellie May Adventure — a relaxed, rail-first escape from Lansing, Michigan to Springfield, Illinois. No highway stress. No parking headaches. Just trains, Portola e-bikes, historic streets, and the kind of dive bars that don’t pretend to be anything other than what they are. This is our Sunday-to-Wednesday Cinco de Mayo week plan. And yes — the bikes are coming with us. Step One: Lansing to Chicago — Early Departure We begin bright and early at Lansing’s Amtrak station, boarding the Blue Water line around 6:45 a.m. Coffee in hand. Sunrise through the windows. No steering wheel. No traffic. The Blue Water runs west through Michigan farmland and small towns before arriving at Chicago Union Station just before 11:00 a.m. Bringing the Portola E-Bikes on Amtrak This part matters. Amtrak allows bicycles on many routes, including the Blue Water and Lin...