A Sunday Ride in Ann Arbor

Each season I take some rides to explore different parts of Ann Arbor.  The painting of bike lanes on roads has been happening over the last four years.  There are many cyclists in the city and drivers are aware and courteous toward riders and pedestrians.  

The campus is much quieter during the summer.  Today is a Sunday and I think those days have less traffic.  Sunday also has more leisure riders and those doing their long rides for the week.

I have done some seat of my pants exploring, but today I was looking for a direct route to the north end of town.  

In the background you see a dam across the Huron River. There were many out on the trails. The residential roads were quiet.

Ann Arbor has parks throughout the city and elementary schools have play fields.  It is common to find these in use.

I went further north along the river. The track in the background is used by the Amtrak and freights.

A sculpture near the river. They look like old kayaks.

These clouds looked threatening. I wondered about getting a storm, but it did not even sprinkle.

Past the orange bouys people will tube down the rapids. Look for a photo for that later.

Interesting to find this in a parking lot next to the trail.

I am glad that they kept this out.  There are still two freight lines through Ann Arbor.  The Amtrak comes through several times a day .  The route goes between Detroit suburbs and downtown Chicago. I had a very enjoyable bike ride today.