I have ridden this trail, which is in Arden Hills, MN, several times and found it to be a very nice trail that is not quite 10 miles around but can easily be made a 10-mile ride with a little imagination. It goes through some grasslands/prairie and woodlands, as well as past the back of…
Lee (my girlfriend) and I drove to Duluth to spend the night and have dinner at Tavern on the Hill using a gift certificate given to us by my son, Luke. We brought our bikes and stopped along the way in Moose Lake to ride a portion of the Willard Munger Trail. The trail is…
After riding the very nice Stillwater Loop route (covered in this section) Lee and I rode the Brown’s Creek Trail, a six-mile trail from Stillwater to the Gateway Trail (also covered in this section). I had been told it’s best to start the trail in Stillwater as it is a constant incline to the Gateway.…
I’ve done this trail twice now in the last couple of weeks, once with my girlfriend, Lee, and again a couple weeks later with my good friend, Gene. It’s a great trail with great views of Stillwater and the St. Croix River. The trail starts in downtown Stillwater, which has many nice shops, parks, restaurants,…
My girlfriend and I rode 20 miles along the Mississippi River Trail today, starting and ending at the Coon Rapids dam. We rode each side of the river and were impressed with the nice trail and scenery. A lot of the trail, especially on the west side of the river, goes through suburban areas, but…
This trail runs 41 miles between Mankato and Faribault through farmland, woodlands, and along the Cannon River. There are trailheads in Mankato, Faribault, and Madison Lake (at about the mid-point of the trail). It is an hour-and-a-half or so drive from the Twin Cities. My girlfriend (I still have a hard time calling her a…
After Steve and I had met The Spokesmodels on the SAGBRAW ride across Wisconsin in ’05 and had enjoyed each others’ company, we had decided to meet the next year to ride the Michigan Shoreline Ride. The ride started in Spring Lake and ended in Mackinaw City. We met up with The Spokesmodels in Spring…
In 2005, after Steve and I had ridden SAGBRAW in the summer, my friends, Eric, Dave, and Jim, and I decided we wanted to ride Wisconsin once again. I promise, this is the last Wisconsin ride about which I will write, as I have already written four pieces about Wisconsin rides. All of the rides…
In 2005 Steve and I decided to ride the 400-mile SAGBRAW (Sprocket’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Wisconsin)—once again riding across Wisconsin. While Wisconsin is a great state through which to ride, we had both ridden it fairly often. However, we wanted to try SAGBRAW, as we had heard good things about it. Also, the…
In 2003 Eric, Dave, and I decided to ride part of the Natchez Trace Trail. The Natchez Trace Trail is 440 miles long and follows the route of the “Old Trace” which extends from Nashville, Tennessee to Natchez, Mississippi. It was actually first formed by prehistoric animals following the dry ground of the Trace to…