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I Support
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Name:
Martin Bobcek
Where I live:
My hometown is LaCrosse, Ind., but I go to
school at Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind., and spend most
of my time there.
Age:
23
An inspiring book I’ve read recently:
Into the Wild
by Jon
Krakauer
Latest or greatest accomplishment:
Scoring As and Bs on
my report card
What I do:
I attend Purdue University, where I study Civil
Engineering and work in the Charles Pankow Concrete
Materials Laboratory. When I’m not working, I play
music with my roommates; I play guitar.
I’d rather be:
Backpacking
A meaningful life story:
I met a super rad girl at the Turkey
Run State Park campground; I went with a group of bud-
dies from school. That was seven years ago. Linnae and I
are still dating today.
My dream:
To live somewhere quiet and convince my
family to turn the old railroad tracks into a functioning
rail-trail.
A person I admire:
Fred Rogers (better known as Mr.
Rogers)
Inspirational quote:
“
I went into television because I
hated it so.”—Mr. Rogers
Recent rail-trail experience:
This past summer, I took my
first ride from Hammond to LaCrosse, Ind., using the
Erie Lackawanna Trail.
Why I use TrailLink.com:
I enjoy the scenic bike rides that
TrailLink.com helps me find. I have just recently got-
ten involved with bicycling, but I will not be stopping
anytime soon. Next summer, I plan to bike to St. Louis.
Rail-trails provide a sustainable solution using infrastruc-
ture that is obsolete for its previous purpose. This is truly
forward thinking.
A signature endeavor of RTC i
s TrailLink.com,
which pro-
vides a searchable database of more than 25,000 miles of
trails around the country. The website includes detailed
trail descriptions, interactive maps, photographs, and first-
hand ratings and reviews. The TrailLink iPhone app, avail-
able in the App Store, offers all the features of TrailLink.com
in an easy-to-use iOS application, as well as the ability to
download maps for offline use out on the trail.
By Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
TrailLink
Chris Bucher