Day 40: Bus to Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport
Monday, June 18, 2007
Our excellent adventure ends today. The picture above shows us at 0700 boarding the bus that took us from Itasca State Park to the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. We had breakfast in the parking lot
Days 38 & 39: Pine River to Lake Itasca, MN and rest day
Saturday, June 16, 2007 and Sunday, June 17, 2007
83 miles on Saturday, our last day of riding. We began with 19 miles on the Paul Bunyan Trail and then a lot of big rolling hills. Laurie, our leader told us at the map meeting the night before that
Day 37: Little Falls to Pine River, MN
Friday, June 15, 2007
66 miles today. The first 35 miles were on rolling hills and then at Brainerd we got on the lovely paved Paul Bunyan State Trail for the rest of the ride. Our hotel is right on the Trail. I’m
Days 35-36: Cambridge to Little Falls, MN & rest day
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 and Thursday, June 14, 2007
The group rode 87 miles yesterday with some challenges. The cue sheet wasn’t accurate; there was a road closure; a large dog jumped on the back wheel of one rider’s bike and knocked her to the
Day 34: Stillwater to Cambridge, MN
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
58 miles today, close to half of it on a paved bike path called the Sunrise Prairie Trail. Where the trail ends there is an amazing ice cream shop with Breyer’s ice cream. Most of us ordered root