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More about our Country Life Loop

The Country-life Loop featurings stops at diverse sites characteristic of life in the country.

 This 15-mile loop is especially suited for those wanting a short leisurely ride. On this ride, you may stop and enjoy:

    1. An Amish-owned and operated bike shop.

    2. At the halfway point, an Amish farm with a tour of an old barn still used like the old days. You might see a     farmer shoeing horses.

    3. Shipshewana Lake with a short presentation by a trained naturalist about the wetlands area.

    4. The Chief Shipshewana Monument.

    5. Ride past the spot where the Pumpkinvine Trail will be built, hopefully in 2010.

    6. Visit a historically famous, round barn.

Please note:

The 15-mile loop has one short, moderately fast downhill with a moderate uphill, just before the sag stop. To novice bicyclists: You must have a bicycle in good repair as well as know how to handle a bicycle under these conditions.

If you choose to ride the Country Life Loop park at the Shipshewana soccer field pavilion, click on when & where for directions. Day of the ride registration for the Country Life Loop will be available at the pavilion. This loop will have a sag and restrooms at the pavilion. There will be a mini-sag and restroom at the halfway mark -- at the Amish farm. Pie and ice cream will be served at the pavilion at the end of the ride.

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