Nice day. We slept late - 6:00. Had a local biker meet us to take us through the Twin Cities. Minneapolis has been voted number one city, ousting Portland, Oregon, for biking. It was pretty amazing biking around. So many beautiful bike trails. They even have a bridge the looks similar to the Zakam Bridge that they recently built just for bikers. They even light it up with blue lights at night. It's very impressive. I stayed with the group for most of the morning and than left them to bike into downtown St. Paul to meet Butch at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the riverfront. I'm sure not many people bike into the Crowne Plaza. I got there around 12:30, took a nice shower and went on foot to explore St. Paul. It didn't take too long to decide to come back to the hotel and take a afternoon nap. Nice luxury.
Last night we slept at the Minneapolis JCC. We also increased our numbers by 7. Three male high schooler from D.C. area and a 29 year old male who will act as their chaperon. Mercedes, who is the 15 year old granddaughter of Terry and Freddie. Her mother also came, but I think is not planning on staying, and also Vicky, who is Kim's partner. I've meet everyone but Vicky who I'll meet Sunday morning, when I rejoin the group. Very early Sunday morning, but I won't think about that now.
Plans for this evening are to go out to dinner at a nearby Italian restaurant.
It was still fairly hot today, but sounds like the heat wave here will break tomorrow and biking next week will hopefully be much more comfortable. Let's hope.
Did Butch participate in the activities? You are missing awesome beachdays here, tho I know that is not your thing, the water is warm and inviting. Keep pedaling!
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