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Sunday, September 30, 2007

 

Yet another bicycle path adventure....



We rode our bikes along a new section of this bicycle path. This bike path begins at the historic Port Union Cafe which will be getting a new look as Trinity Irish Pub. The two story building dates from the 1820's and was once a coach stop on the Miami Erie Canal.







The first part of the hike-bike trail was once part of the canal grounds. This part of the trail has been in place for about five years.






The new parking area by Seward Road.




There were several picnic areas along the way.









The path is a little over three miles long one way. It ends just before By-Pass 4.



The October issue of The BikeWriter reports that the newly paved 1.5 miles will be part of the Miami to Miami Connection connecting the Great Miami Trail at Hamilton to the Little Miami Trail near Kings Mills.


On our way home, we drove past the Muhlhauser barn which is being reconstructed in Beckett Park. The barn was dismantled and moved several years ago from its original location.
In the late 1800's, prominent pre-Prohibition Cincinnati brewing families maintained summer estates in present-day West Chester where they grew barley to be shipped by canal from Port Union to their down-town breweries. They rested draft horses and enjoyed the cooler summer evenings in the countryside.
Estates bore names such as Muhlhauser, Windisch, Hauck and Moerlein - all successful Cincinnati brewers.
Perhaps, the first event at the restored barn will be a spring beer festival to highlight the barn's history and provide a venue for microbreweries to showcase their products.



There is a small pond between the Muhlhauser barn and Beckett Road with a 'bicycle path' around it. The geese were having a field day!






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