I grew up right across the street from what is now the Sherman Branch Mountain Bike Trails. Back when I was a kid, the land belonged to a fellow who had a flower, bush & tree nursery near the lake loop of the trail. I use to slip back on his property with an old cane poll and go fishing and swimming in his lake. Many times he ran me off and he eventually gave up trying after I kept coming back for the entire summer. I remember he actually sneaked up behind me one day while I was fishing at his lake and when I turned he also had a cane poll and the old fellow and I fished together. For two years I'd run out to that lake lot after school with my cane poll, fished, swim and helped him and his employees on his nursery, well as much as a kid could help. I was probably more in the way, but he and his employees always made me feel welcomed. 

Riding at Sherman Branch brings back many great memories of being a kid.