hideouse, I'm getting a new computer, so I'll be able to chat more in the evenings, but not for a week or so. That would probably be best. I'll shoot you a PM when I know more. Then we can invite the rest of the cellar, if they're lucky

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USATF is a
SWEET site that you can use for planning or checking your route distances. It gives you elevation too, if you have the patience for it to update.
Here is one of my 'flat' 4 mile routes through my neighborhood. My house is one of them along there

. Note Iowa is not as flat as one might think, HLJ.
If you look a bit to the right, you can see a creek running through a series of parks. That's where a nice cinder trail is, although it has some rather scary looking wires criss crossing over it... zzzttt..