I have traded e-mails with a bicyclist in Minneapolis who informed me that there are a number of bike trail and road closures along the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities. The difficulty getting through Minneapolis coupled with the logistics of Susi getting up-state over the July 4 weekend to pick me up has resulted in shortening my trip by 5 days. I will cycle to Hastings, MN which is on the outskirts of the Twin Cities as scheduled tomorrow then call it a trip. Susi will pick me up early tomorrow afternoon. Since tomorrow is Sunday and since Lake Itasca is several hour north, we will visit the headwaters during a future trip.
I feel very good about the trip which will end up clocking in at just over 1,200 miles. Superb scenery the whole way, great people, good food, good weather...... I'll do a blog entry for tomorrow's leg then a post ride summary/lessons learned including; (1) questions that need to be asked and things that need to be understood of/by internet respondees to adds for companion riders. That part of the trip has certainly been a unique experience and (2) never give up your camping gear when traveling with someone who "lothes" camping. Enough said.
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