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Trail Moments | How To Long-Distance Bike Tour With (Six!) Young Kids
September 03, 2021

We’ve found that good rails-trail routes can be very forgiving to those new to bike touring. We’ve learned so much since then.

Photos courtesy Dale Majors and TrailLink user protoolned, graphic by RTC
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Trail Moments | The Great Bike Shortage? For Me, It Was the Great Bike Summer!
September 02, 2021

During the early days of the COVID-induced Great Bike Shortage, I stood in line with a neighbor to buy a used bike. Her first bike.

Photo by Lisa Watts, graphic by RTC
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Top 10 Trails in Kansas
September 02, 2021

Kansas hosts five National Historic Trails marking these routes: the Oregon, California, Santa Fe, Pony Express and Lewis & Clark trails.

Kansas's Flint Hills Trail State Park | Courtesy Kansas Tourism
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Top 10 Trails in Louisiana
July 27, 2021

Trails in Louisiana connect many top attractions and allow for picturesque views of everything from greenery to urban streets.

Louisiana's Lafitte Greenway | Photo by Hunter King, courtesy Friends of the Lafitte Greenway
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Destination: Southern New Mexico’s Cloud-Climbing Trestle Trail
July 26, 2021

Experience the Cloud-Climbing Trestle Trail, sometimes referred to as the Mexican Canyon Trestle Trail for the landmark feature at its end

Photo by Cindy Barks
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Southern New Mexico’s Cloud-Climbing Trestle Trail Preserves Unique Piece of Railroad History
July 26, 2021

The Cloud-Climbing Trestle Trail is one of a network of trails rooted in the history of the Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway (A&SM), also known as the Cloud-Climbing Railroad.

The 122-year-old Cloud-Climbing Trestle, also known as the Mexican Canyon Trestle | Photo by Cindy Barks
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Top Trails in Puerto Rico
July 15, 2021

Although the trail movement is just now putting down roots, here are a handful of trails in Puerto Rico well worth exploring on the island.

Puerto Rico's Tunel de Guajataca | Photo by Jorge Borrelli
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South Carolina’s Three Rivers Greenway
July 08, 2021

While pedaling the completed 19.4 miles of South Carolina’s Three Rivers Greenway, the word “potential” keeps popping up in my mind.

Three Rivers Greenway | Photo by Robert Annis
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Trail Moments | Adapting to the Pandemic: Finding Safe Outdoor Spaces in a Changed World
July 07, 2021

After finding a tandem bike I could use the sky (or at least as far as we were able to drive) has been the limit in exploring rail-trails.

Photo courtesy Marjorie Turner Hollman, graphic by RTC
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Top 10 Trails in Idaho
July 06, 2021

Urban, rural, or a bit on the wild side, Idaho has trails that are as diverse as the state’s topography. Here are a few of our favorites.

Idaho's Route of the Hiawatha | Photo courtesy Kenneth Baker