An Adventure in Toting Home Fabric on My Bicycle

[emily_in_nc]

I absolutely loved this post, kajero, especially the image I had of you riding with that fabric on your back. This totally sounds like something we would do. We buy huge amounts of groceries on our bikes, take our laundry to and from laundromats, and my DH even took two car batteries to Autozone to be recycled on the back of his Bike Friday!

LOVE these kinds of adventures.

Thanks for sharing -- only wish you'd had a photo to share!

Oh, and I totally agree with you about Minnesota -- we spent 10 days in Jackson County and are now up in Melrose and doing tons of cycling. The storms have been bad, but in between, the cycling has been amazing. It's a very cycling friendly state!

[kajero]

My goodness. I live in New Hope. It would be fun to meet if you have time!
I surely hope you were able to ride the the Medicine Lake Regional Trail, Elm Creek Trails to the Rush Creek Trail, to the Coon Rapids Dam, the Dakota Trail, the Luce Line Trail, and the Grand Rounds. If you need a guide, let me know. I ride slower than you, but we could work something out.

[emily_in_nc]

I had to look up New Hope, kajero -- I'm not very familiar with Minnesota other than the few places we've been in the western part of the state. I'm afraid we aren't going to get any closer to the Twin Cities than where we are now; we're traveling in our motor home and are sticking to smaller towns. We're heading north from here on Tuesday to ride some of the Paul Bunyan and Heartland trails, then west into North Dakota, and on a pretty tight schedule since we had to go ahead and get reservations for the next two weeks as we were finding most parks booking up fast!

There are so many trails here! I'm afraid we won't be riding any of the ones on your list this time around, so we'll just have to come back. :-)

[kajero]

Well, if you come back be sure to let me know. I will make dinner for you and show you the neat trails. I won't ride with you though. I am just too slow!

There is a trail in Bismarck, North Dakota that borders along a private wildlife area. It was so funny to see a camel next to to the trail. I mean, since when did camels start living in North Dakota???



It is a very short trail but very interesting!

[emily_in_nc]

Well, if you come back be sure to let me know. I will make dinner for you and show you the neat trails. I won't ride with you though. I am just too slow!

There is a trail in Bismarck, North Dakota that borders along a private wildlife area. It was so funny to see a camel next to to the trail. I mean, since when did camels start living in North Dakota???



It is a very short trail but very interesting!

Do you remember the name of the trail? We have two nights scheduled in Bismarck! A camel along the trail would be fun to see.

And thank you for the invitation; that's really nice! I am slow too, but DH is not, so I usually push to keep up with him as best I can. Often I'll fall back and then he'll loop back around and pick me up later. Seriously, on utilitarian rides on my Bike Friday I only average 11.5-13 mph, and just a little higher on my road bike. Of course it depends on terrain, too.

[kajero]

I don't remember the trail, but it is along a river. Maybe that can you find it. We went to visit my daughter while she was a student at U of Mary. This was a little side trip.

[emily_in_nc]

I don't remember the trail, but it is along a river. Maybe that can you find it. We went to visit my daughter while she was a student at U of Mary. This was a little side trip.

Thanks -- we'll be researching cycling opportunities there, and it seems like the campground where we have reservations is on a river, so we might be right there! We'll only have one day to ride, but we'll certainly take advantage of it, weather permitting. :-)

[DonnaS]

If you'd like some trail suggestions in Bismarck, let me know. The two nearest campgrounds are General Sibley in SW Bismarck and Ft. Abraham Lincoln State Park south of Mandan... both are on or close to the Missouri River. Lincoln has some good single-track trails, but both have easy access to the area's MUP system.

Donna S