Trail Re-Alignment
Here was something unexpected. This sign indicated the trail had been re-aligned near one of the overlooks. That's not unexpected in itself; trails get moved around all the time. What was unexpected was that this trail was re-aligned with the support of volunteers from Iowa State University!
In case you're not up of academic geography, Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa. That's 811 miles away from Cloudland Canyon State Park by car, five states away. There is no branch of Iowa State in, say, Atlanta. And while I know we're talking about Georgia, there are colleges here, and those colleges probably teach courses on trail re-alignment. So I don't know why anybody dragged a bunch of Iowans down here.
Trail Re-Alignment
Here was something unexpected. This sign indicated the trail had been re-aligned near one of the overlooks. That's not unexpected in itself; trails get moved around all the time. What was unexpected was that this trail was re-aligned with the support of volunteers from Iowa State University!
In case you're not up of academic geography, Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa. That's 811 miles away from Cloudland Canyon State Park by car, five states away. There is no branch of Iowa State in, say, Atlanta. And while I know we're talking about Georgia, there are colleges here, and those colleges probably teach courses on trail re-alignment. So I don't know why anybody dragged a bunch of Iowans down here.