Clarksville Never Fails to Disappoint!

A few days ago, I took Flora to her first vet appointment.  Don't worry, nothing's wrong with her.  I just wanted to make sure, in case something's wrong, that they know her history and everything.

Well anyway, I was talking to the vet about walking her and she told me about the Clarksville Greenway.  It's a newly opened park on an old railroad line.  It's mostly shaded and paved.  The best part?  It's about 3.5 miles in and 3.5 miles back.  I instantly thought, "OH!  I can run there, instead of running in the middle of the street in my neighborhood!" 

And I guess I can walk Flora there. 

She just spent about 5 months on a farm in Indiana at a foster home, so she's not really used to a lot of car and "city" noises.  Not that I'd call Clarksville a city, but you get the idea. 

The Greenway would be perfect for her, since its super quiet with almost no noises.

I decided this afternoon that I'd take her there to check out the area for a short walk.  Obviously, I'm not going to take a 15 pound Boston Terrier on a 7 mile walk.  I'm not cruel like that.

So we pulled into the parking lot and there was a little hut with bathrooms.  There was even a doggy water fountain.  You push the button on top, and water comes out of a fountain into a bowl at "doggy level."  It was awesome!

Then we started walking on the paved path.

And I was thinking we'd walk about half a mile in, so it didn't make for too long a walk. 

Just past the quarter mile marker (there was markers, 5 points for the Greenway!)  I noticed this:

I thought, hm, that's weird.  There weren't any signs indicating that the path was closed at the parking lot?  What the hell? (-10 points for the Greenway...for those of you keeping score, that's a total of -5 points.)

How could there be construction?  This path is only a year old!

I was going to come here for a run on Sunday to switch up my super hilly, no sidewalk neighborhood, but those dreams have been dashed. 

I looked at the Clarksville City website and it doesn't even mention a closure.  Apparently it had been closed for 6 months or so over the winter because of a storm knocking a tree into a bridge on part of the trail.  Wouldn't it be finished by now? 

I'm disappointed, Clarksville.  Why must you always give me something that seems awesome and then take it away?