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While their bikes were fixed, my nephews ate ice cream and made futile requests for me to buy bells for their bikes.

Cycling with my nephews.

Explored unfamiliar trails and, from afar, derelict industry. Mississippi barges can no longer reach this facility.

Wry sentiments on my cycle ride today.

Posted Urban Bike: Yard Art in a Civil Society.

Lunch today in a brewery. We cycled to meet friends visiting from Oregon. Great company, great cycling, great beer.

Cycled in search of yard art. Found these giraffes in “Nordeast” Minneapolis.

6:00 a.m. Target Field Station: boarded Northstar. Cycled back from Coon Rapids, following the Mississippi.

Drove my “new car” to Freewheel Bike then cycled home on my first new bicycle in over 30 years.

Took delivery of my “new car” (member card, Car2Go car sharing).

Posted A Field by the River Thames.

Took my nephews cycling in 90 degree weather. We passed hibernating school buses.

It’s that time of the year: salmon from Alaska’s Copper River. Tonight we’ll cook it on a cedar plank on the BBQ.

Cycled a main drag (Lyndale Avenue) that had been closed to traffic for an “Open Street” event.

Walked my bicycle through a rusty landscape. Rusty rails, rusty power poles, rusty vegetation.

Posted Urban Bike: Car-Free Minneapolis Bridges.