10 miles on the rail trail!

We ventured North yesterday to meet Skyler's school mini marathon training challenge which was to "take a family bike ride".  We settled on the "Prospector Rail Trail" in Davis County.  This runs along the old Denver and Rio Grande Western right of way since it was closed when Union Pacific bought that railroad in 1996.

Starting out.

Memorial Day in Utah usually means first cutting of hay.  This was a nice setup.

Mommy and Skyler.  The trail is nice and flat and smooth!

Old D&RGW signage.

More hay down in the neighborhood.  This trail here connects the neighborhood to the rail trail.

Pedaling along.

Gorgeous!

Lots of phragmites!

Looking West towards Stansbury Island.

He was singing and having a wonderful time riding along.

Remnants of a signal bridge.

Closeup of the signal wire that was cut.  I see 3 pair and a ground.

We had to stop for a snack break at the signal bridge remains.

It was SO green!

Cattle and some new calfs.

I can't believe someone goes to this much work on a building and lets the tractor sit outside.  At least it's an orange one and not a green one.  :)

Zooming back towards the truck.

Another view of the hay field.  Look at those mountains!

End of the line.  The oil refineries still use this part of the railway.

After riding 10 miles, he needed to be refueled.  We stopped at Apollo Burger for a well deserved lunch.