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I rode my bicycle from my place in Minneapolis to Brainerd, MN. Fun and challenging.

Minneapolis Skyway System

In 2018 I created a web page about the Downtown Minneapolis Skyway System. It was an accurate portrayal of the way it was back then (though that was 8 years ago and lots has changed). It also contains my opinions of this Skyway System. Perhaps you will find it interesting. These days the Downtown Minneapolis Skyway System is different than in 2018. It was better back then (IMHO). The whole country was better back then - before COVID.

Here are some random pictures I took: pics

Chapel

I was interviewed about Chapel just before I retired: online interview

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2025 Biking

The weather is colder this winter and spring than 2024. Donald Trump is now our fascist president and this causes me to experience considerable dread and anxiety. I plan to be a voice of dissent but I also plan to ride my bikes. It's now April and I just stared to do some riding last month. However, since it is too often cold, rainy, snowy, and very windy I have not been able to ride as much as I would like. Also, due to construction just about all SE routes are closed at the moment.

Week		Miles	Total	Avg.
	week1, 29-Mar:	54	54	54	cold, rainy, snowy, and very windy - short rides
	week2, 12-Apr:	59	113	56	still a bit cold and very windy, ride Greenway to Hopkins
	week3, 19-Apr:	126	239	79	some needed rain but much warmer, ride to Coon Rapids Dam
	week4, 26-Apr:	69	308	77	More cool windy weather - ride to Mendota Heights
	week5, 3-May:	94	402	80	Beautiful weather all week (finally)- ride to Wayzata
	week6, 10-May:	48	450	74	Getting into some hot weather now, ride to Minnetonka
	week7, 17-May:	71	521	74	Some rainy and some sunny weather, ride to Eagan
	week8, 24-May:	93	614	76	Beautiful weather, Hopkins ride, ride new MN River trail
	week9, 31-May:	83	697	76	Air Quality Issues, ride to Coon Rapids Dam
	week10, 7-Jun:	21	718	71	Caught a coid this week
	week11, 14-Jun:	45	762	69	Hopkins and back
	week12, 21-Jun:	61	823	68	Greenway west and Cedar Lake Trail home, Coon Rapids Dam
	week13, 28-Jun:	45	868	66	Again Greenway west and Cedar Lake Trail home
	week14, 5-Jul:	63	931	66	Ride out to Eagan and back
	week15, 12-Jul:	91	1022	68	MN River Ride, east on Bloom side, back on Eagan side
	week16, 19-Jul:	97	1119	69	Ride to Champlin
	week17, 26-Jul:	92	1211	71	Ride to Eagan, along MN River, to Bloomington along MN River
	week18, 2-Aug:	140	1351	75	Ride to North St. Paul (tree across Gateway)
	week19, 9-Aug:	153	1504	79	Eagan, Bloominton MN River ride, several rides to Hopkins)
	week20, 16-Aug:	142	1646	82	Ride to Pine Point, Champlin
	week21, 23-Aug:	172	1818	86	Two day ride to Saint Cloud with Jim Hathaway
	week22, 30-Aug:	31	1849	84	Ride Shingle Creek trail, construction and flooding issues
	week23, 6-Sep:	63	1912	83	Eagan, Bloominton MN River ride, Hopkins ride
	week24, 13-Sep:	39	1951	81	Hopkins ride, Ft. Snelling ride
	week25, 20-Sep:	39	2021	80	Ride to Gateway Trail
	week26, 27-Sep:	43	2064	79	Local rides
	week27, 4-Oct:	50	2114	78	Coon Rapids Dam
	week28, 11-Oct:	55	2157	77	short rides

Now for some previous raw biking statistics organized by year.