He left at about 8:00 and has a 2 hour drive to Minneapolis. Hopefully he will not have any problems with his commute. He will be back on Friday morning I believe.
So it is just Bella and I. It is supposed to be 68 ish today and in the 70s tomorrow and then rainy the rest of the week, so Bella and I better find some fun things to do today and tomorrow. Maybe today we will go and ride the entire Lakewalk. 15 mile total will be good for us.
Rob's drive, parking and commute went fine. He texted me when he got to Minneapolis and again when he got on the plane. He was a bit concerned about it all so I am really glad it went smoothly. It is going to be somewhat more complicated for him to get back to LA as we continue our journey northeast. Much longer flights as well. I know it is a 5 hour flight from Boston.
Bella and I finally decided we would do the bike ride. I got dressed and as I was grabbing her harness I realized it was raining. But in a few minutes it stopped. I got the bike all together with her basket and all. I think she actually likes going for the bike ride now, because I have to straddle by bike and pick her up to put her in the basket. When I reach for her she comes right to me.
Any way we started off and of course it started to rain. Bella hates the rain so we had to stop and find shelter for a few minutes. As we continued on it was chilly. I remembered that Bella's basket came with a rain cover. It covers the basket and her body but allows her head to stick out. So, I put it on. It seemed to work quite well.
So we zoomed on. I also had the movie we rented which I had to return, but it was only a block off the path so no problem. I was relieved to be done with it. I was concerned I would either forget or lose it.
Anyway, we rode all the way to the end, through Lester Park and at the road turned around. It was 9.5 miles when we turned around. On the way back I stopped and took pictures along the way. Most of the pretty spots are on our end of the trail.
There are several bridges that we crossed. Some are over small creeks;
some are over small falls.
That is where we live off in the distance, you can see the Aerial Lift Bridge.
There are some very pretty sculptures and beautiful flowers.
There is a stage for performers.
And very peaceful sitting and viewing areas.
People also live along the trail and have balconies with flowers. There are also businesses.
Some of the parks have various memorials in them.
Leif Erikson Park has a beautiful Rose garden, but I didn't ride through it or take any pictures...Sorry!
The park at the very beginning of the trail (which is our end) has the resort and Silos Restaurant in it where we had Rob's Birthday dinner last night. The bottom floor is the restaurant.
I also has a nice pavilion
and in the back ground is our bridge.
We rode back to the shopping area surrounding the park at the base of the bridge. I thought maybe I'd stop in at one of the breweries for some late lunch (early dinner), but when I came upon this bright place I knew this was where I would dine.
Especially when you know there are going to be Margarita involved
And good Mexican food??!!!
I had shrimp enchiladas!
After lunch we waddled, I mean rode back across the bridge and back home.
A huge wind came up and I had trouble keeping the bike upright to lock it up. I also had to pull all the plants off the table and put them under the rig. The wind was really howling for about 15 minutes and then it died down.
I spent the rest of the evening watching TV. It was a fun day.
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