[2019 Great Big Loop Trip]

That's a great trip. Did it the opposite direction almost 20 years ago ( holy crap time flies) but we left from KL.

I recall it being almost an even 1000 miles. 

[2019 Great Big Loop Trip]

Looks good to me Revrnd. Forecast ok too.

Have a great trip.

[Open or Closed Businesses]

Settlers Inn in Pakenham is now a private residence, so you can scratch it off your list Revrnd.

[OVR/CPR Rail Trail]

 VR700 - The OVR trail does not go to the city of Ottawa, just skirts the edge of what is now city of Ottawa some 40kms away. But yes the city has certainly created more bicycle lanes.

 

Blake -  That story is from a local paper and I get that people are wanting non-motorized use instead of mixed. The old argument of noise all night, safety for the kids, the environmental impact and on and on and on. The fighting and bickering from both sides of the argument may keep this "trail" from opening for a while, and by then it will be a grown over ( getting narrow along the stretch behind my place as it is) and then who will get the job of cleaning it up??  That's when I see them allowing mixed use - have the good old volunteer snowmobile club clean it up every fall so the others can use it the rest of the year with little to no investment.

 

Honestly not looking forward to either group using it, would rather have the trains back. Miss having my back yard privacy.

[OVR/CPR Rail Trail]

I just looked at the " Ottawa Valley Rail Trail" FB page. They appear to be on the non-motorized side. Wait and see I guess.

[OVR/CPR Rail Trail]

Hmmmmm....

I prefer trails with turns. I can see the rail lines being OK for traversing an area in a hurry, and with good visibility.

I prefer to ride (when I can!)up in the Missing Link area. Here's hoping the rail trail there will be an addition, not a substitution.

Have to wait and see I guess. With the highway, railway and A tail all so close together in that corridor I would suspect the trail would move on to the rail-bed. Just my 2 cents. 

[OVR/CPR Rail Trail]

Not conducive to skis either. Hard and sharp.

My son uses the rail-bed to get to work on his dirt bike in the summer. We live spitting distance to it and I can tell you tires don't last too long riding on that stuff. The odd spike still gets turned up and punctures the tire. We have picked up spikes on the 3 kms he uses for the last 3 years, I don't think there is an end to 'em. Will not be much good as a recreational trail in the off season unless the slag is removed.

[OVR/CPR Rail Trail]

Good news, even if you don't like rail trails.. More trails = more trails!

Wonder what they'll do about some of those bridges?

  I'm not sure this will create more trails Mike, it will just replace some, at least in my area.  For example 2 different trails in our clubs trail system make a large loop. The A trail is one and a local trail is the other but both have different trails feeding into them so both are used quite heavily. Now the old rail-bed divides these trails almost down the middle. I can see replacing both of these trails with just the rail-bed for the most part if the club can still get the feeder trails to it.