The trail is paved with asphalt, is wide, and is well maintained. The picture on the left is the old train depot which now serves as a community center and holds some city offices. There is a huge parking area at this trailhead. We noticed someone had brought their travel trailer and parked it in the lot. There was plenty of room.





We saw farmlands, lakes, marshes, wildflowers, and many trees.
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Loved the "sled parts" sign! |
From Evart it is 13.6 miles to the town of Lake (our Michigan Trails book says Lake Station). The picture on the left is the old train station along with a section of the old train.
On the right is the Lakeside Bar and Grill where we had lunch.

We selected a package of trail mix for an energy boost on our ride.
Rail Trails have a max of 3 - 5 % grades, which is one reason we prefer riding them over other trails.
From Evart we noticed a small change in elevation during most of our ride into Lake. We had been slowly climbing!

Just outside of Lake is the coal chute or coaling station used to resupply the train. We have seen refilling stations before and they are usually situated at the top of the grade. So when we came to this coaling station we knew we would be going down hill on our way to Farwell.


One of my favorite sites on our rides is the remarkably tall trees. Pictured on the left are some of those trees. Wow!
On the right is a field of wildflowers and tree branches.
Picturesque!
This picture is of a marsh where a beaver or perhaps several beavers have made their home. Their construction site looked massive!
After 21 miles we reached Farwell and turned around at Little Field Park. We then began our ride back to Evart. The total miles for this ride were 42. It was our biggest ride of the year and our longest on our recumbent bikes to date. We both did very well on the ride and the mild temperatures helped make that possible. There was a moment on about mile 33 that I was wishing my bike seat could be "fluffed" a bit! HaHa! We arrived back at our car in Evart around 5:00 pm.

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