Loop road, a beautiful mostly one way traffic 22 mile loop around the park’s best sites. My first attempt on my bike resulted in a wrong turn (who needs maps in a national park?) and therefore the loop was turned into an out and back. Between my faulty memory and seeing everything in 180 degree reverse it was similar to a loop. Anyway I did the loop another day, all 2000 feet of elevation gain.
The park has 45 miles of carriage paths. These were built in 1932 because many people even then were still driving their horse carriages and found them to nice to give up. So, they built the beautiful carriage paths and refused access to any automobiles. So the green movement was born long before modern times. Suzy and I took our mountain bikes on many of these carriage paths and found them perfect for seeing the parks backwoods. A few less hills would have been perfect, Suzy informs me.
Super hiking trails around the lakes in the parks drew us immediately off our bikes and into our hiking gear. Lots of split plank paths suspended above the moss and wetlands near the shores. Jet found them easier to jump over then walk on. Also lots of rock paths along the shores, big rocks to jump between.
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