Glenda and Patrick Berry bicycled down from Waterloo to Urbana on Friday to celebrate the completed paving of the Cedar Valley Nature Trail, a task that was 40 years in the making.
More than 100 bicyclists from all over Eastern Iowa made their way along the trail to enjoy a cloudless, 75-degree October afternoon for the afternoon ribbon-cutting in Urbana to mark the paving milestone.
Glenda rode a TerraTrike bike with a seated-back position, with her legs in front of her. Her 1-year-old Yorkshire terrier, Pollyanna, was safely tucked into a pink travel case on the back of her bike.
Biking, she said, has been a huge part of her and Patrick’s relationship. It’s a part of how they met, and they’ve been biking the Cedar Valley Nature Trail since.
“It’s wonderful” to have it done, Glenda said.