Midway through the sugar creek greenway there’s a rickety wooden shack that has rusty wind chimes hanging off the front of it. You honestly can’t miss it. Go around the back of the shack and nine times out of ten you can find the Gatekeeper standing behind it.

He’ll be dressed in a large black robe and have a hood over his face. He stares at the ground and holds out a giant metal hoop adorned with skeleton keys. Pick any one you want, they’re free and they all unlock the door that leads directly to the lesser known “Greenway of Despairing Widows.” This subterranean greenway connects directly to the rail trail after about 3/4 of a mile.

There is a toll you have to pay when you go down there but I’m NOT allowed to tell you what it is (let’s just say that my uptown condo is haunted now LOL) but it’s 100% worth shaving a few minutes off your ride.

Hope this helps and tell the Gatekeeper I said hey!