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Questions everyone asks us

March 13, 2018February 5, 2021 / Dan Gjelten / Leave a comment

How far is it? Just over 1,800 miles. Are you following the river all the way?  Most of the way, but at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, we will cross the river and head to the Natchez Trace, which we follow from Tennessee and southwest across Mississippi to rejoin the river at Natchez.  Then we cross the river … Continue reading Questions everyone asks us

Road season starts in Minnesota

March 12, 2018March 14, 2018 / Dan Gjelten / Leave a comment

I got out for my first ride of the year and it was chilly and messy

Planning

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 / Lisa / Leave a comment

Planning an 1800 mile bike trip requires lots of maps, and coffee.  

St. Paul to New Orleans

March 12, 2018May 10, 2018 / Lisa / Leave a comment

"The river becomes a way of thinking, ingrained, a way of looking at the world." -- Ann Zwinger

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Hello from Dan and Lisa! We live near the Mississippi River in St. Paul, MN. One morning a few years ago, one of us said ‘hey, maybe we should ride our bikes from our front door to the French Quarter.’  And that’s what we did. This blog is intended to serve as a chronicle of that trip and other adventures, at the  “confluence” between us and the river, people, art, music, food and culture we’ll experience along the way.

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