St Paul, Minnesota

We had a great day.  The weather was wonderful and the cycling easy.  We left our hotel at just after 6 a.m. and caught a slight tail wind that allowed us to fly for about 30 miles before we hit the trails that would take us through Minneapolis St. Paul metropolitan area.  The trails either ran along the river or overlooked the river.  Some of the river trails were flooded, requiring some alternate routes.  At one location we asked a woman about an alternate route.  She told us how to go through the woods to bypass the flooding.  She indicated that near the end of the bypass we would have to lift our bikes over a fallen tree.  “Following” her instructions we climbed a dirt path that was soft sand and difficult even to push our bikes.  When we finally hit paved roads we wondered where we missed the fallen tree.  We cycled another 20 minutes and got back on the trail only to see the same lady in front of us.  Yes, we missed her turnoff and took a much longer route.

In St. Paul we stopped at the old flour mill in the heart of the downtown.  There we met Bill, a Segway tour leader.  After his group passed, Bill let us ride the Segway along the bike path.  Afterward, we had lunch at a Thai restaurant before continuing south. We arrived at our hotel at 2:30 p.m. While it was a long day we were both amazed at the amount of time we spent on bike trails.  Looking back at our GPS log we believe that we had about 32 miles of trails.

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