Iowa Rides 2007

We took a short trip to Iowa to ride 2 trails, the Wabash Trace and the Cedar Valley Nature Trail, both rails-to-trails. My parents came along and shuttled our truck so we could ride one way.

04-29-07. The Wabash Trace rail-to-trail in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The trail is crushed limestone and totals 62 miles. We rode about 35 miles from Council Bluffs to Imogene. Our intent was to ride the entire trail but due to the direction I chose to ride being uphill, the wind against us and record hi temperature (90s) we quit early. Oh and me being out of shape probably didn’t help. Nova could have finished.

05-01-07. The Cedar Valley Nature Trail is a rail-to-trail between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids. We rode the entire trail for 51 miles. We started at the Evansville trailhead and rode south to Hiawatha. The trail was paved the first 15 miles out of Evansville and then turned to gravel.