More Kalamazoo

We went back to Kalamazoo today, first to bike ride and then to attend the concert in the park.

We parked near where we were last week, but this time we headed east. A fair amount of the bike path was right along the highway, but then we headed away from the road into a wooded area and we could hear the voices of children. We knew we were approaching a park, which turned out to be River  Oaks County Park. It was near the end of the bike trail. We rode past the park to the end of the trail and turned around.

Back at the park we stopped to use the restroom and look around. It turned out that the park is located on the shores of the Morrow Lake.  It's created by a dam on the Kalamazoo River of course.

While we were there we chatted with another couple out biking. He had a bright orange Specialized bike that he had just bought yesterday. It had fat tires  and disc brakes and looked really sharp. His wife was on a Trek Shift.  We talked about nearby bike trails, and they mentioned the Bicentennial Trail in Portage and the Kal-Haven trail. The bike on the left is Ken's, and the bike on the right is the brand new one we spotted.

Back at the Wenke Park parking lot, we stopped for a snack and watched the geese and ducks on the river. Then we figured we had another half hour to bike, so we headed west along the trail we rode last week.  We biked to the Mayor's Riverfront Park before turning around.

We got to Bronson Park early and set our chairs up and ate our lunches while the band set up and tested their sound system. The group this week was the Motor City Women and Detroit Express. They are popular locally and have won awards in Detroit. We enjoyed the concert scene, but this group was not our favorite.