I am starting to wonder if the gods may be conspiring against me to have a carefree summer riding the Cedar Valley Nature Trail. This week some yahoo in a truck decided to take out a bridge on the section of trail about six miles from my house:

My hope is that the good folks at Linn County Conservation will figure out a detour down the embankment and across the road. Otherwise, I am looking at another summer of closures. Ugh.