We pulled out of Rochester today and drove a whopping 45 miles to this quaint town on the Root River. The thing that drew us here is the Root River State Biking Trail. It is one of the original Rails to Trails in the nation. At 60 miles in length it may not be the longest but it is paved and level and scenic.
We walked around Lanesboro after arriving and decided to eat lunch at a restored 1926 diner built in Wellington OH. It’s the only remaining wooden wheel diner in use today. Lanesboro is near the middle of the trail so we rode about 12 miles one way to Preston this afternoon. Preston is another small quaint town but did not have as many shops and attractions as Lanesboro. Another small town we could have ridden to is Harmony, an Amish village. Many tourists take a tour of the Amish community around Harmony but we probably won’t do that.
On our way back I stopped along the river to rest and to check out some pretty purple flowers. As John pulled up next to me, we heard a splash and looked up to find a Bald Eagle flying nearby. He landed on a tree branch directly across the river from us. It would have been the perfect picture of the magnificent bird except that I took too long trying to get the perfect picture and he flew away!! He watched us from a couple of other perches but none where we could get a good shot.
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