hi mom and everyone...
uhhh, where did i last write?
brainerd maybe? anyway we stayed with some nice folks in brainerd, drooled in the health food stores there and slept on nice couches with cats and nice folks who GAVE US A RIDE IN A JEEP with our bikes to the twin cities and saved us 2-3 days ride through the highways of middle minnesota and saved us from a dreaded entrance to the city. on bikes, we were wondering how exactly one enters a big city not on a freeway? still, we don't know.
in minni we stayed with jack's folks and had a key to their house! wow, we came and went as we pleased to all the hip happenin things to do there. thanks for suggestions! we were overwhelmed at the eye candy on bikes, and everything bike related: shops, trails, art, etc.
we left on a bike trail going south west and it felt like forever to get out of the city, so many suburbs popping up surrounding old farm yards and silage towers. now we see lots of corn again, elk farms, emu farms, chickens and ducks, soy beans, horses, corn, soy beans, corn, cows, corn....
we hit our first day of riding in the rain today and although i was in a shitty mood this morning pedaling through it i realized just how beautiful the rain can be as it drenched the autumn leaves and patterned the minnesota river in tears. the roadside audience changed from grasshoppers and crickets to frogs and earthworms. and i stayed warm (except for socks.... socks did not stay dry...). semis trucks etc give us lots of room generally... it could be the hilarious construction safety vest we were given, or my st. christopher's medallion in my pocket.
we are in st peter (pop 10 000) staying in a backyard of folks we met at the grocery store, steve and jen and their kids. they are super kind, got a nice backyard with blackberries and grapes and ground cherries.
on the shoulder: a lot of banana peels. and shreds of 18 wheeler tires, mostly.
lotsa love, d
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