We found ourselves headed to Portage, WI for their library’s booksale. Since we haven’t ever explored this town, we decided to try to round out the trip to the library with some other local experience.
After a quick Google search, we discovered that there was a bike trail that seemed to hug the river. This was just the thing! A nice bike ride after scoring books for $1 a bag is a perfect day, as far as this TR family is concerned. 
The levee bike trail in Portage was quite the discovery! You can actually walk down to the sandy river frontage and the surrounding areas. We saw clams in the river and crane footprints in the sand. We jumped onto a little island and we skipped stones. We had this insanely beautiful area completely to ourselves. It was an excellent morning!
Open yourself up to exploring your surroundings and you never know what you’ll discover.
