Sights Along The Biking Trails
Since the birds aren’t cooperating with any photo shoots on the biking trails (who can blame them when two bikes are headed right at them!), I’ll share a few photos I’ve stopped to capture in the last two months.
Biking trail
Tree roots reaching for the river
Lake Kekionga with pier
My e-bike, I love it!!
Biking trail along St Mary’s River
Lake Kekionga – an awesome place to take a break!
Historic Erie Railroad Bridge
RR Bridge Abstract
Historic Erie Railroad Bridge
We all know those birds are hiding from me in those photos. 😉
Photos by Donna 
Nice series of images Donna! But my favorite is the e-bike!
Thank you, Reed! I have a blast on it, and when I get tired, it helps or takes over. 🙂 Goes about 50 miles on one charge.
Oh wow, what a beautiful biking/walking path! I would just love to trek around that lake!
We’ve actually been going on two different paths, both follow along the river. We liked the shorter trail of 8 miles because it winds around that lake. Very nice!
Beautiful photos, Donna! The tree roots are beautiful. ❤️
Thank you, John! We’ve passed that tree so many times, and I made note it was something I needed to photograph, it was very eye-catching. 😊
I could use places like that! Nice shots, Donna. 🙂
Thank you, HJ! I’ve found two apps for trails, AllTrails and TrailLink and have been using them to find trails for us to ride. 🙂
That looks like a nice place to ride with lots of shaded areas which would be really nice on a hawt day!
The shade has been exactly that, perfect for the 90-95 degrees we’ve been having here in Indiana. 🙂
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Well, that is not right. 😉
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Fantastic images of the viking trails.Thanks a lot for sharing.Take care.🌹👍🙏
Thank you for your kind comments! Stay safe and well!
Most welcome dear.🌹👍🙏
WOW Donna! your photography has really progressed! Beautiful photos! ~ Sheila
Thank you, Sheila!
Wonderful nature pictures Donna
Thank you, I love being around nature! 😊
Welcome, being nature in is great…
Beautiful place…unadulterated nature, Donna!
It is a beautiful place, and yet we’ve hardly seen any one on the trails. We are surprised, but it’s nice having the trail all to ourselves. 😉
Totally charming
Thank you, Sheree! I’m getting better with my biking, I can go 15 miles now! 🙂 With the pedal-assist, it’s been life changing for me. I had a total knee replacement three years ago.
Excellent!
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Awsome
Thank you Seraja!
Your welcome 😍💕
Fascinated me all these photographs… especially the tree… amazing. Thank you der Donna, Love, nia
Thank you, Nia, that tree root system fascinated me too, I processed in color too but the B&W looked much cooler. 🙂
Such a nice bike path. I have been looking for birds among your pictures, in the air and in the water. Unfortunately with the same results as for you, nothing. Roots in B&W, magic!
Thank you, Hans! I saw the birds teasing me out of the corner of my eye…. hee hee Even the dragonflies didn’t want to cooperate, lol. That tree root system fascinated me every time I rode by it. I processed in color (always my tendency), but this one I really thought could work in B&W and I was much more pleased with it than the color. I like dabbling with B&W too like you! 🙂
I love the greens and blues of summer. Fantastic photos!
I do too, the brighter the colors, the better! 😎
Thank you for sharing your beautiful sights! Who needs birds? (Okay, we all do. Who am I kidding?)
Thank you, Wally! I think I have been having birding withdrawals….. 😉
What a great place to ride. Is that the Erie Canal or maybe the Erie Lackawanna RR bridge?
This double-track RR bridge is located in Decatur, IN, and crosses the St Mary’s River. The first track bridge was built in 1863-64 and the second in 1912. The bridges are hot-riveted. The rail line was Chicago and Atlantic, but was known as the Erie, and the bridge was so named. The railroad was last used in 1974. The one track was included and built upon as part of the Riverway Trail for hiking and biking. It’s pretty, and would be awesome to photograph in the right lighting/right time of day. I only got to take about a dozen photos mid-day and hopped back on my bike to catch up with my husband. 🙂
I love trails and pathways, always curious to see where they lead, and love the shadows from the trees. The photo with the roots is something special.
Thank you, Jane, I too have that curiosity of wanting to find where they lead. 🙂 We’ve biked on mostly full-sun trails, but this one here in Decatur is mostly through shaded trees and was awesome with the hot low 90’s temps. Oh those roots, I had my eye on them every time I passed!
It still looks like a good place for a pedal even with no birds about.
It is, Tom, I know you would enjoy the two trails we’ve been riding. The one you’d love is about 30 miles long one way, following the river. I made it about 12 miles (six and turned around). 🙂 Pretty good for me, I had a total knee replacement three years ago. My new e-bike has been life changing for me and my knee.
I have a new knee too. It transformed my life.
What a lovely place, Donna. I love those gnarled tree roots – so cool!
Those roots caught my eye, they were like a piece of artwork! 😊
Does the e-bike make noise? I wouldn’t think so if it’s electric, but wondered what might have scared the birds off. What a great place to bike though. What a wonderful option to have with a bum knee! 😉
It makes a small noise but not really. The birds get scared off from Rick & I coming at them, Rick usually ahead & more faster. He’s not ‘looking’ like I am, and of course scares them. 😉 So biking is for us biking together, and we (I) will go birding other ways (my car or golf cart). Going to try while biking, though!!
Made me smile. Eric has had to teach and remind me about moving slower to avoid scaring the birds off! 😉 I don’t always remember either.
So nice trails for biking. I was just wondering where do you keep your camera while biking. The lake Kekioga with pier photo is awesome! From your photos I can see that you have nice summer, sunny and warm 😊 Take care!
It’s hot where we’re at right now, so the shaded bike trails are wonderful! I bought the saddlebags for the back of my bike for my cameras. For a long while, I haven’t carried my cameras, I’ve been a bit apprehensive, what if I crashed/fell? 😲 I’m getting more comfortable now. Bigger issue is getting my husband to stop, he wants to keep going! 😉
Sorry now I am laughing loud 😂😂😂 I know that feeling as before mr H my ex-husband where kilometers away as I just wanted to photograph something interesting 😊. Saddlebags are good idea! I haven’t dare to bike with camera as I have thought there is a risk if the camera is hanging in my shoulder even I have that kind of shoulder strip for the camera. Have to buy those bags! Thanks for a tip, again 👍
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“the birds are hiding from me” would be a great adult addition to an iSpy book! Lovely photos!
Thank you very much!