06/01/2026
Needed a quick reset today, so I hit the trails along the Huron River. The greenery is coming in thick, and I even caught a turkey braving the railway tracks. It’s a beautiful stretch of water.
But it’s hard to ignore the infrastructure hiding just out of frame. If you walk this stretch regularly, you might notice the smell. Today, there was a definite odor coming off the water. It’s not nearly as bad as what I've documented over at the lower Rouge, but you can definitely tell the sanitation lines are running close by.
Has anyone else noticed the shifting odors along the Huron lately? We share these trails with the wildlife, but we also share them with the municipal runoff.