Itasca State Park is so amazing - the pines, the lake, the bike paths, and, this night, the full moon. We woke on Monday - me earlier than Lisa - to yet another perfect day. I climbed out of the tent and started water for coffee and sat and listened to MPR from my phone … Continue reading Itasca to Bemidji: Paul Bunyan, Babe, and a great night’s sleep

Lisa wrote about the long day we had riding from the lovely Crow Wing State Park and our campsite at the confluence of the Crow Wing and Mississippi rivers. We had a fine night experiencing Walker’s delights and a meal on a patio with a stiff wind coming off the lake. The cheap hotel bed … Continue reading Pedaling and peregrinating: Walker to Itasca

We woke up to the first rooster at 4:15 am on Friday after a great but short night of sleep at the yurt, and slept intermittently as rooster two and three and four joined in and the sun started to rise. Packing up didn’t take too long and the resident peacocks saw us off as … Continue reading Pedaling 90 miles from the yurt to Crow Wing State Park, and 78 to Walker, MN

This time we are riding upstream. Our goal is to reach the Headwaters of the Mississippi so that we can say we completed the entire length. Minnesota, fortunately, has done a great job of marking several bike trips , including this one, officially called the MRT as well as the US Bike Route (USBR) 45. … Continue reading St. Paul to Clearwater, MN via the Mississippi River Trail