Cycled with a friend on trails we’d never explored before, southwest of Minneapolis. Stopped for coffee at a mega-church. The coffee was good, the atmosphere was corporate.
Category: Move
Open Street: Franklin Avenue
Cycled down the middle of what is usually a busy thoroughfare. Franklin Avenue had been closed temporarily to traffic for about 20 blocks as part of the Minneapolis Open Streets initiative.
Energy for More Peddling
A shared brownie at Nokomis Beach Coffee gave us the energy to continue peddling.
Pie à la Mode.
Cycled the Cannon Valley Trail one-way to Red Wing where we had pie à la mode.
Beyond the End of the Line
Cycled beyond the end of the line.
10-Million-Gallon Tank
Cycled past a 10 million-gallon tank, the water supply for Roseville, Minnesota.
Cycling The 606
Explored Chicago’s North Side on shared bicycles. Cycled The 606, a trail on a former “L” line elevated on berms and bridges. This former Playskool factory once produced Lincoln Logs and Tyke Bikes.
Undersides
Cycled with a friend who wanted to take pictures of the undersides of bridges.
Bike-Sharing
I never imagined bike-sharing would be this popular. The app directed me to bikes a couple blocks away.
Waterfall and Blizzards
Cycled with a friend on bluffs above the Mississippi to a waterfall on the Vermillion River, Hastings. My friend’s wife drove us back to the Cities from a local Dairy Queen after we finished our Blizzards.