Last June, two top trails in the area were closed due to landslides, and remained closed all summer. In today's spring-like 30-degree weather, I took my fat bike out and decided to see if the Mendota/Lilydale trail/road was open.
I had a blissful ride on the trail. It was so open, in fact, that a mountain bike or road bike with slightly wide tires could've handled the occasional bigger patches of snow and ice just fine. I just got an extra workout by doing it on fat tires.
The lack of foliage allowed me to see that there are a lot of homes perched on that little cliff, just waiting to tip over.
On the way back, I stopped by Fort Snelling to pay tribute to Whiskey the horse. Someone kindly left him some carrots, which this little cutie was gnawing on. If I was someone who said, "adorbs," this would be the time to do so.
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How did your toes do? Did you use hand warmers in your boots?
ReplyDeleteSince it was 30, my toes mostly were fine, but it was a good thing I was wearing boots. I had warmers with me in case I had an emergency.
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