How far north is the trail finished?
The tunnel is 900' long. I've ridden from the north down to the tunnel, back when the trail wasn't limestoned yet.
They have only laid 1/2 mile of limestone south of Purcell Road, which is very close to my house. Tentative schedule was to finish from Purcell Rd (in Dane County) south to the Illinois line by this coming Spring.
Unfortunately the last 8 miles to Madison, which is scheduled to be paved, will not be done until 2008 at the earliest.
There will be several places to stop for refreshments along this trail. Up by me is a little tavern named "Dot's" then there is Belleville, which has little restaurants that serve pie. Further south is Monticello, where you found pie. And then there is a short trip over on the Sugar River Trail to New Glarus, which has some excellent restaurants & taverns, and a great bakery.
Did you continue past Belleville at all. Just a little bit north of the center of town, the trail goes over an old train bridge.
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/...ger/index.html
http://www.badger-trail.com/
The Friends of the Badger Trail group is based out of Monroe.
I'm really looking forward to it being completed. All I have to do is ride a short distance across my subdivision to get to it.