He hale hana pōhaku lepo ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Des Moines, a ʻo ka poʻe holo kaʻa mauna e wili ana ma waena o nā pōhaku, nā lāʻau, nā kumulāʻau, a i kekahi manawa, ʻo nā pōhaku lepo e peʻe nei i loko o ka lepo.
"Pono ia i ʻekolu mau kaʻa kaʻa a me nā kaʻa huila ʻehā e kiʻi i waho," i ʻōlelo hoʻohenehene ʻo ia."Ua huhū koʻu makuakāne."

Ke neʻe nei ka hoʻomohala ʻana mai ka hema a me ke komohana, hāʻawi nā jeeps a me nā kaʻa ma waho o ke alanui i nā kaʻa kaʻa a me nā mea hele wāwae.
"He mea pupule iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i kēia loop loop 3-mile i loko o ka ululāʻau, kokoke loa ia i ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole ma kahi āu e makemake ai e hele, a ʻo ia wale nō kēia mea huna," wahi āna.
"No ka lalo o ka muliwai, he wahi mamao loa ia, ʻoiai ke kahe pinepine ʻia," wahi a Cook."No ka poʻe makemake e hoʻohana pono iā ia, ua hoʻololi mākou iā ia i wahi leʻaleʻa maikaʻi loa."
Ma hope o ka boom kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka laka COVID-19 i ka makahiki i hala, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cook ua ʻike ka hui ʻo Trail i ke komo nui ʻana i ka pō Pōʻakahi ma Sycamore a me nā ala ʻē aʻe a ka hui e lawe ai i kāna mau hana pule.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cook: “Ke hoʻopuni ʻia ʻoe e ka ʻuala a me nā hale, he nani maoli nō ia, a ʻo kēia kaʻu mea i manaʻo ai ʻo ka hapa maikaʻi loa.Loaʻa iā mākou kēia mau ala a puni ke kūlanakauhale. "Hiki i nā kānaka a pau.E kipa iā lākou.”
ʻO ka mea paʻi kiʻi a me ka mea paʻi kiʻi wikiō o ka papa inoa, ʻo Brian Powers, he kanaka holo kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻohana i ka hapa nui o kona manawa hana ʻole ma luna o nā kaʻa, a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo e mālama i kāna wahine a me kā lākou mau kāne.

ʻO kā mākou Des Moines kahi hōʻike kūikawā i kēlā me kēia pule e hoʻolauna i nā poʻe hoihoi, nā wahi a i ʻole nā ​​hanana ma ke alahao Des Moines.Hoʻolilo kēia waiwai i ke kikowaena o Iowa i wahi kūikawā.He mau manaʻo no kēia moʻo?