Guess I need to start off with an apology. I procrastinated with my weekly blog last week (just like I'm doing this week,) and the little gremlins in the computer decided to throw a rock into the gears.
The thing I was writing about last week (but failed to be able to publish,) was the Legacy Parkway Trail. The good news is that this week, I didn't really need to think of a topic ;)
It's a great trail if you don't mind gnats and bikers that need to make sure you know they're faster on their bikes then you are on your feet. (Yes, I know this is normally to be polite and to give you warning so that you can move over, but the trail is pretty wide and the bikers are pretty noisy so they're not really sneaking up and going to surprise you.)
Just last week on our run we saw a couple of American coots, a Franklin's gull, some red-winged blackbirds, and a double-crested cormorant. The view of the mountains and plant-life is great, it's so wonderful to look at that you almost forget about the running. There are clear markers starting at the southern most part of the trail with 0 and showing every .5 miles up to the 14 mile marker. As I mentioned earlier, the trail is wide and so makes for very comfortable run even when there is more than the usual activity level.
There are plans to run the trail further south and connecting it with the Jordan River Parkway Trail which would be awesome. Anyways, guess this is just my little post to let you know that if you haven't been there yet, check it out.
For some reason I can't get the Franklin's gull link to work right, but the result is kinda funny so I'm gonna leave it.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds fun. Where do you park?
ReplyDeleteWe took our bikes but we were not the fast ones zooming by. We were being passed without warning,too. The polite ones would call out "Left." We appreciated that. There is a nice business complex that people park at. It is hard to find the first time. We think next time we will take the Redwood Road exit and then turn west (left if you're headed north) at the Maverick. It is about a mile before the overlook on the west side. It is beautiful there!
ReplyDeleteWe usually park at the North Salt Lake - West Center Street lot. It's right by the youth help center Life Line (in case you want to Google Map it).
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