The Great River Trail Photos 4
Tree Tunnels and Thru Trempeleau

You pass through some tree tunnels ~ as I like to think of them ~ as you continue south. This part of the trail is a little drier than some of the other parts of the trail a little further south.

You also pass by a trail entrance to Perrot State Park before you get to Trempealeau. I was trying to get back before I ran out of daylight so I did not have a chance to check out that park on this ride.

 

 

As you get into the town of Trempealeau you pass by the Trempealeau Cemetery which is what the sign above on the right says (it's washed out and hard to read in the photo). It also says "Urns Only". I really don't know what this means since Urns are for cremation and cemeteries are for burials. Oh well, something to consider at another time maybe.

 

One thing that I noticed as I came into Trempealeau from either direction is that the trail crosses a number of small streets and there are stop signs on the trail for each road. So when you look into the distance you see a series of stop signs on the trail.

 

I saw almost no one on this entire ride until later in the day. The photo above shows the trail and one of the bridges as you continue south of Trempealeau with a couple of the few bike riders that I had seem at this point off in the distance.

 

There was a picnic table and a few benches just off of the trail here between Trempealeau and the long bridge over the Black RIver. I already ate what I had with me (a granola bar) and was fighting daylight so I did not have a chance for a break here myself.

BTW: I should also mention that I brought a little cash to buy some food on my ride but once you head out of Onalaska there is really nowhere that is close to the trail where you can get food.

There are probably some places to eat in either Trempealeau or Midway but you would have to get a little off the trail to find them and, as I mentioned I did not have the time to explore on this ride.  

 

This is looking back on the river or wetland just past the picnic table and benches in the photo above.

 

A little further south on the GRT you go through an area where there are streams and wetlands on both side of the trail.

At this point what you see on either side of the trail is usually more scenic that what you see as you look straight ahead at the trail and what is ahead of you.

 

There are very wooded areas partially submerged in water as you see in the photo above. These photos are from May after a fairly wet spring so the water levels may be a little high at this point.