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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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    Museum in Bloomingdale
    Old rail car alongside the Kal-Haven Trail in Bloomingdale
    Waverly Township parking lot in Glendale