Eric Shulman on the Otter Pond Trail

A place that comes to memory of my childhood days is the Otter Pond Trail. It is a trail that circumnavigates my entire development in which I live. As a child, I would go out with my dad and sister and ride our bikes along the trail. The trail gave us some trouble as we had to pedal over branches sticking up from the ground and take our bikes and walk them over long bridges. It was usually a Sunday ritual for my family as we would pack snacks and drinks to sit on the rocks at the lake when we finished our journey. Ah, those days bring back the best memories. Sometimes after going through the ten mile trail, we would peal off into a random neighborhood and explore the unfinished houses that were being built. We would write our names in the sand of the little ponds that the trail came with. It was a weekly adventure that I will never forget