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Trail Moments | 21 Easy Ways to Enjoy Your Local Trails
September 09, 2021

If you’re looking to create a new healthy habit outside, we’ve created a list of 21 easy-to-do actions you can take immediately on your nearest trail.

Graphic by RTC
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Trail Moments | How To Long-Distance Bike Tour With (Six!) Young Kids
September 02, 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 01, 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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Trail Moments | How a Rail-Trail Helped Save My Life and Redirect My Focus
August 05, 2021

As I’ve watched outdoor recreation interest explode, it’s made me reflect on how a simple bike ride on a rail-trail saved my life.

Breeden Trestle on Tunnel Hill State Trail in southern Illinois | Photo by Shawn Gossman
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Trail Moments | Adapting to the Pandemic: Finding Safe Outdoor Spaces in a Changed World
July 06, 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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Trail Moments | Older, Wiser and Faster: A Friendly Competition Among Family
June 29, 2021

We became a daily fixture on the sidewalks of our neighborhood. Soon, we became known as “the riding couple” on the weekends.

Photo courtesy Thresa Giles and Albert Grant, graphic by RTC
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Miranda’s #TrailMoments from Along the Great American Rail-Trail
June 16, 2021

We love that Miranda inspires people to feel more connected to the outdoors… and the Great American Rail-Trail.

Miranda Webster | Graphic courtesy RTC
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Trail Moments | Finding Health, Healing and Hope on the Trail
May 12, 2021

After a long day of being in the house, sitting in front of a computer for seven hours, the only thing I wanted to do was close down my Zoom and go outside and ride my bike.

MaShanta Ashmon on Michigan's Clinton River Park Trail | Photo by Rachel Walker | Graphic by RTC
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Celebrate Trails Day 2021: Big Celebration—Nationwide Impact
May 11, 2021

On April 24, 2021, we invited people and partners across the country to join us outside for Celebrate Trails Day.

Screenshot of Friends of Madison County Parks and Trails' groundbreaking of a community mural project along Roberts Pass and Prairie Grass Trail
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What’s It Like to Ride the Great American Rail-Trail? Just Ask These Trail Trekkers.
May 06, 2021

RTC talked to several long-distance bicyclists who have taken on the Great American Rail trail alread.

Washington's Olympic Discovery Trail | Photo by John Gussman