It's getting humid under the trees even in the morning, felt like July. The mosquitoes are becoming an issue so be sure to bring that bug spray. The spring flowers are gone but the daisies and honeysuckle are making an appearance.
The Decatur Daily has an article featuring our trail. To read the complete version, click on the LINK
HIGHLIGHTS:
Stretching 10.2 miles from Piney Chapel to Veto, Richard Martin Trail is a popular hiking, birdwatching and equestrian trail set on the site of one of Limestone County's first railroad lines. It attracts an estimated 40,000 visitors last year and was voted 11th-best historical trail in the country by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.
The first 3.3-mile stretch of the trail
opened in the ’90s and was carefully selected because it required no
bridges and thus cost less money. “It
didn’t take long, because all they did was take a road grader and put
some pipe down, and there weren’t any bridges involved. I think we spent
$65,000,” Richard Martin said. “We just kept building and building, and before we knew it, it was
done. It took about 18-19 years and cost about $1.3
million to $1.4 million"
Improvements to the trail are ongoing.
In January, the Limestone County Commission sought grant money for a
$161,000 project for multiple improvements, including replacing the
decking on two rotted bridges and converting them to covered bridges. Volunteers plan to install a picture of the trestle shot in
February 1864, before it was destroyed, to show visitors there really
was a trestle there. Today, the gorge that the trestle crossed is filled
in with earth and the remains of the fort sit on private property.
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