New Prague, named after the old Prague, but pronounced in a Minnesotan way (prayg) is where we'll bike from St. Peter next Thursday. We might encounter some hills, I think. The first European settler arrived in 1856, and it sounds like the city was essentially formed around a cooperative dairy.
Most of the information I could find about this city ("a tradition of progress") centered on a fun-sounding festival held there each fall. One of my most favorite law school friends, who is also a really good lawyer, lives in New Prague. I'm hoping to see him and his family when we roll into town.
We will officially wrap up the ride next Friday in Welch, MN, an incorporated town with a cute old train station next to a bike trail that once was a train track along the Cannon River. This is the one place of the 5-day bike ride that I've been to before. It was in this area that I once had a huge bald eagle sweep down really close to my head while I was biking.
Welch has a ski hill, which is where I think we actually end the ride. In checking to see what else I could learn about Welch, I learned that a movie, Here on Earth, was filmed there. It sounds horrible.
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