Our last day of riding dawned overcast and drizzly. We’ve been extremely lucky with the weather this trip, so we were resigned to having a rainy day. And actually, as we started out, I was reminded how beautiful our world is under all weather conditions…
Three days ago, when we rode from Pequot Lakes to Walker, we saw that there was a section at the end that was curvier and hillier than anything else we’d seen on this trip, but there was also a cutoff that went much more directly to Walker and our motel. It was a 42+ mile rid, even without that section, so we decided to skip it.
After hearing from Kent, our Warmshowers host in Bemidji, that it’s really a fun section of trail that shouldn’t be missed, we backtracked a few miles and took that route. We’re both really glad we did! It was indeed very curvy & hilly, but of course we’re used to that. 😉
I had pretty much stopped raining by the time we got on the road, but it remained cool and cloudy all morning, which really helped with that more strenuous section of the trail. Here’s a selection of photos from that part of the ride…
It’s now Saturday morning, and we’re staying at a nice motel in downtown St. Paul. We had a splendid celebratory dinner at a nice ‘Latin American’ restaurant just a couple blocks from the motel, replete with a couple delicious margaritas.
Today’s agenda is to visit a farmer’s market and a few museums. Hopefully we’ll meet back up with some of the Artspace folks this evening as well.
Tomorrow Mallory flies on to Barneveld, and I start the long drive back to Colorado. Hopefully I’ll have a few city pics to share this evening or tomorrow morning before I hit the road.
