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2018-09-07 Bird Sanctuary to Coloma

75 mile ride from the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary to Coloma, with several stops at township halls along the way.
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  • Looking north from the Richland Township Hall

    Looking north from the Richland Township Hall

  • Old firehose reel at the Richland Township Hall

    Old firehose reel at the Richland Township Hall

  • Not a particularly good stopping place, but I had reached the ten mile point.

    Not a particularly good stopping place, but I had reached the ten mile point.

  • Cooper Township Hall

    Cooper Township Hall

    There had been recent roadwork near the Cooper Township Hall.

  • Old School in Cooper Township

    Old School in Cooper Township

    The 1910 plat map of Cooper Township shows a school at this location in the SW corner of Section 18 (close to where D Avenue crosses US-131). So this building is probably it.

  • BP station on D Avenue, near US-131 interchange

    BP station on D Avenue, near US-131 interchange

    This gas station was a nostalgia stop of sorts, commemorating a ride in October 1994 that (finally) got me started on long bicycle rides.

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  • The Alamo intersection

    The Alamo intersection

    Main intersection in Alamo

  • Alamo Township Hall

    Alamo Township Hall

    This wasn't my first visit to the Alamo Township Hall, so I stopped only very briefly.

  • Kal-Haven Trail at Alamo

    Kal-Haven Trail at Alamo

    The Kal-Haven Trail crosses the road just south of the Alamo Township Hall. I got on here and rode to Bloomingdale.

  • Entering Van Buren County

    Entering Van Buren County

    Entering Pine Grove Township in Van Buren County on the Kal-Haven Trail.

  • The Kal-Haven Trail crosses the street almost in front of the Bloomingdale Municipal Center, which serves as the Bloomingdale township hall, among other things.

    The Kal-Haven Trail crosses the street almost in front of the Bloomingdale Municipal Center, which serves as the Bloomingdale township hall, among other things.

  • Museum in Bloomingdale

    Museum in Bloomingdale

    There is a museum in Bloomingdale and a park with places for bicyclers to eat their lunches.

  • Old rail car alongside the Kal-Haven Trail in Bloomingdale

    Old rail car alongside the Kal-Haven Trail in Bloomingdale

  • Waverly Township parking lot in Glendale

    Waverly Township parking lot in Glendale

  • Waverly Township Hall

    Waverly Township Hall

    It had been a grey day, but the sun started to come out while I was at the Waverly Township Hall.

  • Cluster of buildings, including the township hall, at Arlington Center

    Cluster of buildings, including the township hall, at Arlington Center

    Arlington Center is five miles east of Glendale on M-43, and a half mile south. M-43 wasn't the most pleasant part of the day's ride, due to heavier traffic, but there was a sufficiently wide paved shoulder so it worked OK.

  • Arlington Center

    Arlington Center

    The 1910 plat book shows a school and town hall located at this intersection, just where the boarded up school building and township hall are located now. The township hall has a new wing that has been added since then, though.

  • On the way to Arlington, 1 mile from Arlington Center

    On the way to Arlington, 1 mile from Arlington Center

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  • Bangor Township Hall

    Bangor Township Hall

  • Bangor Township Hall

    Bangor Township Hall

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    The Kal-Haven Trail crosses the street almost in front of the Bloomingdale Municipal Center, which serves as the Bloomingdale township hall, among other things.
    Museum in Bloomingdale
    Old rail car alongside the Kal-Haven Trail in Bloomingdale