Training continues

After walking 12 miles on Saturday on the Indian Creek (IC) Trail, I walked 4.3 on the Trolley Track Trail and along Wornall. I live a block off the Trolley Track Trail making it super convenient, though I really love the Indian Creek Trail.

For those who live in Kansas City and aren't familiar with the IC Trail, it's 17.5 miles one way and doesn't, for the parts I've been on, cross any streets. It's 8 feet wide and paved the entire way. It does continue into Missouri, but I can't speak for it on that side and can't seem to find much about it on the Jackson County Parks and Recreation website. Here's the portion of the trail with the part I walk: http://jcprd.com/parks_facilities/pdf/trlgd-ne.pdf. I usually park my car at Leawood City Park and start heading west from there, following the path with the miles marked on the map. Since it usually follows Indian Creek, wherever a road crosses over Indian Creek, the trail just goes underneath the road alongside the creek, making it a lot safer and not requiring you to stop and look for traffic.

All of my mostly-daily walks will be kept near me for convenience. But most, if not all, of my weekend long walks will be on the IC Trail. I'll probably start driving to different trail heads so that I can get some variety. If anyone local wants to tag along on any walks, just let me know!

Nature update: Last week, you saw the picture of the monster snapping turtle that I saw. What you didn't see was the picture I didn't get of a doe and her fawn. As hidden into the woods as they were, my camera phone would not have done a good job. That and the velcro I opened to get to it scared them off. Well, this week, I saw another deer in the same place. I don't know if it's the same one and didn't see the young one this time. I also saw a great blue heron standing in the middle of Indian Creek waiting for lunch to swim buy.