City Ride

Yesterday we decided to go on a short bike ride starting from our apartment. We went to Greenwood Park and connected on the trails there heading west. It total it was only about 10 miles but it was chalk-full of hills!! Near our dwelling there are hills in every direction so getting to Greenwood and coming back from it is tough! For those of you who live in/ been to DSM you know that west of downtown near Grand and Locust is hilly. And if you are doing anything on these hills beside driving and walking it is quite tiring. This workout was short but bitter.  We haven't done too many hilly trails so we were not ready for them. 

The best part about our little bike ride was the fact that it was hot and sunny out so we got to work on our tans a little ;). So I guess we are still out of shape, but the summer is young! We have many more trails to hit up and places to see. So stay tuned for more bike blog entries and summer fun! Thanks for reading!

We're Back!!! Linn Creek Greenbelt Trail

Hey everyone! We finally got our bikes fixed after the winter and it's time to start riding again!

Halfway Point

Our first trail this year was the Linn Creek Greenbelt out of Marshalltown.  This was one of the easier ones to find.  It's a fairly flat trail with a few little hills and curves.  It starts on the outskirts of town at the Grimes Farm and Conservation area and winds into the city to end at Riverview Park.  From start to finish we went through a series of environments.  It starts off wooded, then the city, then goes through Nicholson-Ford Recreation Park,  and finally ending at another park along the river. The beginning of the ride was really pretty with a lot of rolling hills and water.  The middle of the ride was sketchy. The trail took us along a lot of warehouses that took away from the nice scenery.
The trail was about 17 miles roundtrip.




This wasn't one of our favorite trails we've done yet but it was a great one to start up on.  The changing environments really kept us interested and there were plenty of people to wave at along the way.  The biggest downfall to this trail was the enormous amount of bugs/gnats! Other than the sketch parts and the gnats it was a good ride!

Start point

Creepy warehouse