Paul had plans to load his bike onto a bus and go to Spring Grove for the ribbon cutting ceremony for a new section of a bike trail. I was invited to join him so I took my headlamp and front fender off my bike so that it would fit on the bus bike rack. We take some freshly made muffins with us for a picnic at the Trolley Trail. We get off the bus and I fill my water bottle with coffee and we ride to the trail head.
After the coffee and muffin we ride this trail into Sitting Grove and connect with the new trail to the ceremony. A guy rides up with a young rooster in a small cage on the handlebars Afterwards, we head to the park for the presentation lunch.
Now we ride the new section to the end and head back a ways to take back roads over the rolling countryside.
We go to the Heritage Rail Trail. Here is the train station that Abraham Lincoln stopped on his way to Gettysburg to give his address to the Nation at the end of the Civil War. Later his casket came through here on its way to his burial.
We are now on the trail that will bring us back to Paul’s house. On the way we stopped at a winery to have a taste of Pinot Noir. I bring the rest of the wine back to have with the dinner Jane has made for us.
Thank you Jane and Paul for the fond memories that I will take home and treasure.