February meeting

CITA knows that not everyone can be tapped into the trails 24/7 and especially on a snowy night in an Iowa winter the monthly meetings aren’t a huge priority. And although we encourage everyone to come and participate and have their voice heard, we’ll do our best to get information from the meetings to the site, so if you can’t make it, you’ll be up to speed on what CITA...

Last Iowans in the woods?

I’ve been reading Last Child in the Woods and definitely recommend it to parents among the CITA faithful… I became involved in CITA because I believe trails foster an appreciation of natural resources and, out of that appreciation, grows a desire to protect these resources. Then there was a release from The Nature Conservancy today that reinforced some of the reasons CITA’s...

Looking forward in 2008

It’s hard to believe with ten inches of snow on the ground in Des Moines right now that we are just over a month away from our first trail work day, March 29 at Banner Lakes. This is going to be a very busy year for CITA. We will probably schedule more work days this year than we’ve ever scheduled for a year before. We’re hosting (at least) three races, an IMBCS race at Banner...

Sycamore Meltdown!!!

February 9, 20081:00 pmto4:00 pmPrior to our Annual Meeting at El Bait Shop on Saturday, CITA would like to invite you to the first ever Sycamore Meltdown. We’ll be starting at El Bait Shop at 1.00pm on Saturday, taking the John Pat Dorrian/Neal Smith Trail north before diving in to Sycamore Trail at the old Targhetto. The ride will continue north to the Sycamore Access at NW 66th and then...

Annual meeting SWAG update

We have over $800 worth of gift certificates and other goodies from area bike shops, plus some genuine CITA gear, up for grabs on Feb. 9… Want some? Join CITA now (see info at right) Show up for the meeting Easy. El Bait Shop will have beer specials galore and all-you-can-eat tacos for $6. Really, why wouldn’t you join this party? See you next...