It was 6:30pm on a warm July day when we took our bicycles off the rack. We knew it was a late start, but we felt we had plenty of time to complete the 50-kilometre Manitoba Peace Trail.
This year Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) and Eden Foundation are co-hosting the first annual Peace Trek. It is a one-day cyclathon and marathon that uses an adaptation of the new Peace Trail that is being developed in South-East Manitoba.
It may not impact overall plans to pave over a 4 1/2-mile stretch of Peace Trail in Rock County with new asphalt later this year, but the state Department of