Thanks for your concern.

This is very surreal. I ride under that bridge all the time. I was on a bike ride south of St. Paul when it happened. I had such a weird bad feeling tonight I almost didn't go on my group ride because I was having such bad vibes, but I shook it off because I promised the group I'd practice paceline training for a team time trial coming up. On a big downhill I was at the front of a four-person paceline and I heard that horrendous sound when bikes crash. Two of the women in my line were lying on the ground and traffic luckily stopped in time. It was very disturbing to see teammates go down like that, especially when I was leading the line. Some of us continued our ride, and about 20 min. later, another teammate got a phone call from her husband telling her what had happened with the bridge.

The ride home was quiet and eerie, not just us, but the traffic, the people in St. Paul, everything was just weird.

The governor's car was just leaving the gov's mansion while we rode by on Summit Av.

I crossed the river on the way home and there were people standing there looking upriver and a rescue boat was going by.

When I got home there were frantic messages from my family, all worried about me and wondering where I was.

Waiting for my sweetie to get home from the Twins game. His cell phone is sitting here on the kitchen counter, so I have no idea when to expect him.

Northstar, I'm glad your dad is okay. This is so sad, I can't even watch t.v. Just listening to NPR.

Take Care everyone,
Kate