St. Paul Ride Recap

[Snak Shak]

Mike, Susan, Jennifer, Hellen and I did the Lilydale Loop (also known
as the the Three Bridges Loop) this morning. It was a great ride
mostly on trails.

We met at Minnehaha Depot and rolled through the Park and on to Fort
Snelling before crossing the Mendota Bridge. Once across, we got on
the Mississippi River Regional Trail and that took us all the way to
Lilydale Road and on to St. Paul. After Crossing the Wabasha Bridge to
downtown St. Paul, we stopped for coffee and nom-noms at a Caribou
Coffee, then took Shepard Road back to the Ford Bridge. We had really
wanted to ride through Crosby Farms and Hidden Falls on the return
leg, but some cyclists we met coming out Crosby Farms reported that
the trails were wet and muddy and not good riding, so we stayed with
the trail on Shepard Road.

All told, this was an 18.8 mile trip (it's more if you count the ride
to the ride and back home, but the "official" ride was 18.8).

Here is a link to our route from my Garmin unit:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/93214823

Many thanks to all who came out for this ride - it was a lot of fun
and the weather held off!!