Last week on our adventure day, Tom and I loaded up the tandem and headed to Greenville, South Carolina, to ride the Swamp Rabbit Trail. This is the only lengthy trail in western South Carolina. Whenever we asked people where to ride our bike, they would suggest this trail, so we knew we had to …
From Bike Trails
Kokosing Gap Trail, Mount Vernon Ohio
During one of our “slow” days in Ohio, Tom and I rode the tandem on the Kokosing Gap Trail. We rode this trail once before, before I started writing the blog. It is definitely a blog-worthy trail so we rode it again. The Kokosing Gap Trail is a 14 mile rail-trail between Mount Vernon and …
Gitchi Gami State Trail
Last week, on one of our days off, we headed down on MN 61 to bike on the Gitchi Gami Trail. This is a paved bike trail that runs along the shore of Lake Superior. Right now it is in three sections, but eventually it will be 88 miles from Two Harbors to Grand Marais. …
Riverwalk
The Tennessee River runs through downtown Chattanooga and Chattanooga is taking advantage of this natural resource better than most other cities we have visited. The Riverwalk is just one of the many attractions in the easy-to-navigate downtown area. The Riverwalk is seven miles of trail along the Tennessee River. The Riverwalk starts at Chickamauga Dam …
Riding Around Chickamauga Battlefield
There aren’t very many good bike trails around Chattanooga. Most of the train tracks are still in use, so no rail-trails, and the terrain is too mountainous and the roads too narrow (with no shoulders) for riding on the roads. There is a riverwalk but there are so many people on it that you have …
Nashua River Rail Trail
Monday was a lovely day, so Tom and I took the opportunity to ride the Nashua River Rail Trail. The Nashua River Rail Trail runs for 11 miles in Massachusetts, crosses the state border into New Hampshire, and continues for another 1.5 miles. The trail runs across the bed of the former Hollis Branch of …
The Ohio to Erie Trail
Did you know that there is a plan to connect the Ohio River with Lake Erie by bike trail? It is called the Ohio to Erie Trail and it has been in the works about as long as there have been bike trails in Ohio. Of the 300 planned miles of the Ohio to Erie …
Westerville Bike and Walk Trail
Yesterday Tom and I enjoyed an adventurous ride on the Westerville Bike and Walk Trail. We also rode two shorter trails that are north of the Westerville Bike and Walk Trail called the Genoa Trail and the Hoover Scenic Trail. The Genoa Trail and the Hoover Scenic Trail (which runs along Hoover Reservoir north of …
Olentangy Greenway Trail
This week Tom and I tried a new (to us) bike trail, the Olentangy Greenway Trail. Columbus has lots of great bike trails and the Olentangy is one of the prettiest. We chose it because we drive by it every time we go to John and Jackie’s. It parallels 315 through the northern part of …
Richland Baltimore and Ohio Bike Trail
Whenever Tom and I visit my parents we like to ride the Baltimore and Ohio Bike Trail that runs through Richland County from Mansfield to Butler. The trail is 18.5 miles (one way) of paved asphalt that is kept in very good condition. We rode one day right after a heavy thunderstorm and there was …