Since we moved to our house when Noah was little it seems we always had something on the horizon that was going to make our location even better. We bought the house knowing Wagon Wheel was going to 4 lane and the road behind our house would no longer be the main east-west avenue for the north side of town. After a few years it seemed like it has always been that way with local traffic only. Several years back the Northwest Arkansas Greenway was announced. A lot of proposals later and then we found out it would literally run within half a mile of our house. Now the new East-West 412 bypass is under construction. It will run a few miles north of our us and should ease a lot of the traffic problems we have trying to get across town.
The bypass is still several months from completion but the main greenway is finished and now all the spurs are under construction. One of them recently completed. It's a new mountain bike trail with the trailhead a mile from our doorstep. Where the pavement ends though is a really cool bridge over Spring Creek with a deep pool at the end of some rapids. The kids like to play there but it's become Oliver's favorite spot. He chases fish and it's about the only place he'll just jump in and swim around. Plus it's absolutely beautiful. Did I mention it's right down the street?
