I loaded my bike on the carrier and headed over to the Little Blue River Trace trail. I have been wanting to do a 100% trail ride
for a while, and today was it. This
trail runs 11 miles from around the Independence Event Center to the North side
of 24 Highway. Very well maintained, with a good road surface.
Although the lack of rain has dried out the fields, it is
still a great trail. The Little Blue
River runs beside the trail, and there are still parts of the river that have
enough water to be fishing holes. After the spring rains, I am going to have to
come back with a collapsible fishing rod and give it a try.
I had planned to ride 30 miles, but the gravel surface is a
little harder to ride on than pavement, and I was pretty beat when I made it
back after 23 miles ( I started a little south of the trail) The great thing about the trail is that it is
mostly flat, with no big hills. For a new trail rider, the bad thing is that it
is really flat, and I didn’t get to coast too much. I pretty much peddled for a little over two
hours.
Somewhere in The
Hobbit, Bilbo sings a song about the road rising to meet him. I found out what that means today. I would have thought it was impossible, but I
would swear that the trail is uphill in
both directions. Especially on my way
back when a breeze came up and I was riding into it. It s a great trail, great
exercise and I plan to do it again in the next few days. At the end of my ride though, I was happy to
think about another song from Tolkein; Merry and Bilbo are at the end of the
trail, and sing a song about the joys of hot water and soap. Good one, JR.
More later,
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