Somers, MT is on the way to my favorite grocery store. Karl and I almost always drive through Somers and take a walk on the “Rails to Trails” path that starts just down the road from the Somers Cafe – on the way to the grocery.

When Sandy and Jerry visited earlier this Fall, we stopped here on the way to breakfast at the Cafe.

There is a sign in the train door about staying off the train… Jerry climbed on the train. Actually, the door was open then and you couldn’t see the sign until you were pretty much on the train but I’m fairly sure it wouldn’t have mattered if he COULD have seen the sign :)! He spent a bit of time inspecting things and then informed Sandy and I that he could get it going, i.e. they left enough of the engine. I have no doubt he could, but we moved him on before he started working on it. There is only about 10 feet of track…

Walking on, around the bend, you come to the Ice House.

I never knew it was the Ice House. There was a lot of speculation among the three of us when we looked at it together. Jerry noted that it was heavy duty structure with thick walls and substantial beams.

Just in the past 2 or 3 weeks, this sign appeared. And they moved the fence so you can get right up to the Ice House. Fascinating history! Somers used to be a commercial city with both the railroad and shipping via Flathead Lake.

Now, it is a fairly quiet secret of a small, pretty town with a great cafe and a pretty place to walk.

Rails to Trails, Somers, Montana

** “Rails to Trails” is a National conservancy that uses old railroad beds for the creation of walk/bike trails.