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67.1 miles/ +1832.3 ft/ Total miles 2416.0 Last night I stayed at the Honey Hub in Gackle. It is another of the cyclist-only camping/lodging places along the Northern Tier. Gackle is a very small town, with no camping and no motel, so it is really wonderful that one of the local families has made a "cyclists' …
74.2 miles/ +1903.0 ft/ Total miles 2348.9 This day is the one day I dreaded the most about the entire trip. I was really intimidated by the lack of food and water along the way, for such a long ride. The weather might have been hot, the headwinds impossible, and maybe I just couldn't ride …
61.4 miles/ +551.8 ft/ Total miles 2274.7 Adventures in North Dakota! I had a mishap with a road closure, which added 3 "bonus" miles to the day, and required quite a bit of clean-up. But I don't want to talk about it. Once again, the dark clouds were following me but did not rain on …
0 miles/ 1 flat tire I spent a quiet day in Fargo. It was nice to sleep late (7 AM), get laundry done, and wander around downtown Fargo. I went to the Plains Art Museum, which had an interesting exhibit by David Bradley, a Chippewa artist who is from Minnesota but mostly works in Santa …
54.4 miles/ +1003.9 ft/ Total miles 2213.3/ Flat tire: 1 (total flats 4) I crossed the Red River into North Dakota this afternoon. But first, Minnesota threw some curves: road construction! Shortly after I left Pelican Rapids, I turned onto a County highway with the dreaded "Road Work Ahead" sign. When I got up to …
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74.2 miles/ +1837.9 ft/ Total miles 2158.9 Minnesota is home to various interesting roadside attractions that I passed today. Big Ole in Alexandria: Otter in Fergus Falls (county seat of Ottertail County): Pelican in Pelican Rapids: Somehow I mis-calculated the distance between Alexandria and Pelican Rapids. I thought it was 67 miles, which is long …
44.8 miles/ +617.8 ft/ Total miles 2084.7 My ride today was entirely on rail trails. The trail seems to gain elevation steadily, with a maximum grade of 1.9 percent. The rail trail runs in a straight line, with an occasional large-radius curve to get around a lake. Sometimes it's on an embankment and sometimes in …
35.7 miles/ +456.3 ft. / Total miles 2039.9 I left Alice's Attic early this morning (6:15) to try to beat the wind out of the northwest (I was headed due west). Almost no traffic on the road, so I made good time to Bowlus, where I stopped for second breakfast at Jordie's Trailside Cafe. I …
42.6 miles/+729.9 ft/ Total miles 2004.2 Today I passed 2,000 miles, so I have completed half of the projected 4,000 miles from Boston to Seattle. That feels like an accomplishment. I have figured out the routines that work for me on this trip. Sometimes it is still challenging to get enough to eat during the …
49.1 miles/ +946.3 ft/ Total miles 1961.6 Later start today, due to driving back to Shafer from St Paul. The cloudless sky gave way to cumulus clouds, and the friendly clouds gave way to the big black clouds as the day went on. In the meantime, the wind blew most of the time, out of …
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Judy's Bike Ride 2017 