Cape LaCroix Trail

Joined by Cara VanGennip and her 4-month-old puppy Sienna, Neil Briner watches his daughter, Cora, 3, ride her bicycle on her birthday Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, at the LaCroix Recreation Trail in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Originally from France, Thomas Couvidat runs through the Cape Woods during his first visit to the LaCroix Recreation Trail on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jerry Kratochvil goes for a run along the LaCroix Recreation Trail Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jon Schumer crosses over a bridge in Arena Park as his father, Matt Schumer, follows behind Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, on the LaCroix Recreation Trail in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A monarch butterfly rests on a flower along the LaCroix Recreation Trail on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Two pedestrians who declined to be identified laugh together while walking Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, on the LaCroix Recreation Trail in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Tim Moore attempts to calm Chloe, a Jack Russell terrier, as Fruitland cyclist Scott Buescher rides past Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, on the LaCroix Recreation Trail in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)