We rode the Calhoun County Trailway today. It forms part of the North County Trail and connects to the Linear Park in Battle Creek. We started at the Historic Bridge Park, which we had explored on a previous visit, and biked north. The Trailway is planned to extend 40 miles, but right now only 5.28 miles are completed.
Along the way we rode through Kimball Pines County Park and the Ott Biological Preserve, mainly through pines forest. Lovely wildflowers lined the path where it was open to the sun.
The sun was a major factor today. It was hot and humid, and we went through our water supply and had to refill at a gas station. The trail ends at Emmett Road, but a bike path on the sidewalk connects to the Linear Park .6 miles to the west. We rode over there and found a picnic table to have our picnic lunches.
Lots of folks were taking advantage of the Kalamazoo River to cool off and enjoy the day. We saw people putting in at the Historic Bridge Park, and some tubers floated past here.
On the way back we stopped at McDonald's to cool off with some ice cream and ice water. The round trip was about 14 miles, and by the time we got home, we were definitely tuckered out, mainly by the heat.
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