Passed by the baseball fields just as the lights came on, the silence punctuated by the tink of a softball on aluminum bat. Can you beat a fall evening for biking?
After a days of 9-11 coverage I could only think how fortunate I am to live here, to have been born here in the land of plenty, with clean water, fresh food and a beautiful city out my front door. Fortunate indeed. And grateful.
This has been a spectacular weekend here in the Twin Cities, and finally, I had some time to hit the trails.
Yesterday's route: Down to the Midtown Greenway and west to the Cedar Lake Trail. (I think Cedar is my favorite of the Chain of Lakes, but because it is the furthest from my house, I don't get there on my bike often.) We circled the lake and then headed back toward Uptown, picking up parts of Lake of the Isles trail and then Calhoun where we stopped for a Mini Tin fish sandwich at the Tin Fish, just in time to beat the lunch crowd. (Best lunch deal around, says my pal Tom, and I agree with him. Stop by before they close up shop on Oct. 10.) We had sunshine, blue skies and we left early enough in the day to beat the afternoon's 90 degree heat.
When I started this blog earlier in the summer, I was hoping to have enough time and good enough weather to build up to biking the Grand Rounds in a day. The Grand Rounds is a National Scenic Bikeway made up of all the bike trails that circle the city and it's lakes, about 26 miles in total, I think. Not far for the seasoned cyclist, but a far bike for the likes of my mid-century knees. But June was wet and cold, July ferociously hot, and August...well August was a challenging month for other reasons that don't belong in here. But September. Now September is a glorious month, and I began to think this eveing that the Grand Rounds is not out of the question yet.
I'll keep you posted on my efforts.
Happy trails to ya.
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