It was an adventure, though not quite on the lovely white roads of Tuscany. My initial intent was to take the Linear Trail out south, then do the paved loop around Hunter's Island, then come back, first along the paved trail along the creek, then recapitulating the rest. This in anticipation of the levy trails being closed. Everything proved different! The trail was horribly rutted from idiots using it while it was muddy. Bits near the Holidome and Fort Riley Boulevard crossing are under repair. So I just crossed on the road and headed down Rosencutter. There I got to see a railroad gang out inspecting the rails with a cool little car. I noticed on my heat map that I have never done the extended gravel loop past the city dump to Priboth Road. That turned out to be well-packed and some of the best gravel I found today (on my skinny-tire road bike). When I reached the levy trailhead, it seemed that the trail was open. It was, with fresh riprap, new concrete ramps and only mildly rutted screenings. I rode that all the way out to and around the park, then came home via Casement and Marlatt. They lied about the winds (shocking!) which were more 10 mph gusting to 20 than 5 gusting 10. That's still not bad by Kansas standards. Happy daylight savings time, too! Yay!