Combining Routes & Rails to Trails

[easy]

My wife & I are planning on starting a trip on the L&C and finishing on the Northern Tier. I would like to totally bypass North Dakota, I've seen enough trucks trying to see how close to me they can get. I have no desire to ride on interstates unless I'm in a hurry.
 Option 1 is to ride as far as Lawson,Mo and head north using google maps to Blanchard,Iowa and riding the Wabash Nature trail to Omaha. Back on the L&C and on to Onawa, Iowa. West to Norfolk and the Cowboy trail.
Has anyone been on the Wabash Trail? Has anyone ridden from Lawson to Blanchard? Any thoughts?
 

[John Nelson]

You might want to wait another couple of weeks to see what the new ND route is before deciding.

[FredHiltz]

Here is an overview of the North Dakota reroute chosen by the ACA scouts. Maps for NT are expected this month, with L&C soon to follow. I see they are still in North Dakota, but south of the US 2 corridor that causes so much grief.

Fred

[easy]

Thanks, I had read that several weeks back, they said that they would reroute down the I-94 corridor. Large shoulders not withstanding, I would rather be riding on a trail, just more peaceful and relaxing. Once into Montana I will hook back up with the Northern Tier. I will be camping most nights.
 

[John Nelson]

"I-94 corridor" is not the same thing as "I-94", but it does include a bit of riding on I-94 itself.