Biking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller
Date: August 3, 2025
The 105-mile NCIT Trail crosses northern Ohio from Toledo to Cleveland, passing rural landscapes, historic sites and small towns. We biked 26 miles from Bellevue east to Norwalk (the Huron County Section) and back. The trail was a mix of hard dirt, gravel and paved. The route is a former railroad line. The first section of trail ran parallel to railroad tracks on the north and corn, soybean and wheat fields to the south. Eventually, we passed under tunnel-like areas of forests bordered by wide open fields. Between the railroad and the bike path were beautiful wildflowers filled with butterflies. In Monroeville we stopped at a railroad museum that served as a bike rest area. Near Norwalk we stopped at the scenic Huron River Overlook, a double trestle that crossed the river. A few miles from the end a sleek, long, black animal ran out onto the bike trail in front of us. It stood up on two legs, saw us and then scampered back into the woods. It was a mink. Later, at the end of the bike ride, I climbed on top of an army tank at the Bellevue VFW where we had parked.
