The Marquette Rail Trail

One thing I don't think I've ever written about is our bike trail here in town. It's called the Marquette Rail Trail, and it's a paved path that runs on the same route as an old railway line from back in the day. The trail starts here in Midland and runs about 30 miles or so to a nearby town (Coleman). Back when we first lived in Midland (2000-2003), and before we had kids Jenny and I spent a good amount of time riding the rail trail, but ever since the kids came along we've always been busy with other things. Well...we got talking about it last night and we realized the kids had never been on the trail. So today we biked for about 9 miles up and down a portion of the trail. The weather was cloudy, but cool...so it was actually a pleasant ride. We stopped at a scenic overlook area and let the kids look at the river. Anyway, it was fun to get back on the trail again. It had been a long time.