Well lets just say that it wasn't what we expected or anticipated. We started at a trail head, according to our book, at a park off of Vista Drive near the intersection of 60th and Ashworth. We parked and then found no sign of a trail so we headed south on the sidewalks. Eventually the sidewalk became wider as if it was an actual bike path. Little did we know at this point we were on a short trail call the Ashworth Trail that would eventually connect us to the Jordan Creek Trail. When we found ourselves at the Jordan Creek Park there were a few different directions we could go in. So we chose our first route to go over I-35 but we were abruptly stopped due to the Interstate's current construction. So we turned around, snapped a quick photo of Lynnea on one of the few trail signs and went back to our crossroad.
This time we headed East. We figured this would lead us to another part of the Jordan Creek Trail. After a short while it actually did connect us to it but, of course, we headed in (we're guessing) the wrong direction. After a while of biking we found ourselves near the Super Target just off of I-35 and Mills Civic Parkway. We were not lost because we knew where we were but we were lost trail-wise. There were no signs, no trail mileage posts, nothing. So we biked back along Prairie View Drive to connect to our crossroad again at E.P True Parkway/Jordan Creek Park. At this point we had decided to just go back where we came from as we were feeling slightly defeated and frustrated by not being able to find and stay on the trail. On our way back our path near the road had a split and instead of heading North on 60th we stayed on the path, which ended up being a part of the Jordan Creek Trail. So we took this out to the Jordan Creek Mall and turned North on Jordan Creek Parkway. At this point this road was an uphill the entire time. We turned East on Ashworth for some flat rest, but only for a while. There was another large hill and we were almost there! We had to stop at QT to fill my back tire, which was flat the entire ride and getting worse. Once we did that we went North on 60th, turned East on Vista Drive and we were done.
We only biked 9.28 miles, but at least there were some good hills to give us a workout. So as you can see from our journey and when you compare our route to the trail map, we were hardly ever on in. We were only on the Jordan Creek Trail for about a total of 3.5 miles or a little more. It was frustrating because the trail was only marked every once in a while and because of the construction on I-35 we could not connect with the other half of the trail. It was very disappointing. So if anyone reading this wants to do this trail you should park at the Raccoon River Park and do that portion of the trail down there.
Trail map: http://www.wdm-ia.com/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=297
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