Day 5; Alexandria to Albany

Yesterday was the last leg of the first half of our Minnesota adventure. we were a little worried starting out, that would be riding into a strong headwind again, but it turned out that most of the day the wind was coming at us from the side (and occasionally it was even a tailwind).

Last night’s stay was with another Warmshowers host, Jonathan Cooper in Pequot Lakes, but he had no internet, so I’m writing this in a coffee shop downtown before we start riding for the day.

I didn’t take many photos yesterday, but did manage to capture a few idyllic scenes…

The trail was often striking in how it stretched out as far as the eye could see, sometimes even with a tunnel effect like this
The weather continued to be spectacular
Couldn’t resist this example of mother nature’s inexorable battle to erase our civilizing efforts!
Yesterday’s stats, totalling almost 200 miles for the 4 days we were on the Lake Wobegon and Central Lakes trails.

Today we start another 2-days-out-and-2-days-back trip on the Paul Bunyan trail. Talk to you tonight or tomorrow!

Author: John Clark

Computer consultant/glass artist, living in the San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado.