Today I took advantage of the not-freezing weather and followed an ol' standby 50-mile route that I haven't ridden in a long time, which included my first 2016 ride out to Hopkins and on the Cedar Lake Trail, remarkably.
I took some time to stop and give someone directions, to look out over the river from a bridge, and to check out this big turbine by the Ford Dam. It was installed by the Ford Motor Company in 1924 to generate power for its car/truck plant. It was retired in 1994. I liked that it was in use for 70 years and has been on display for another 22. I hope I look as sturdy at 92 years of age.
It was shortly after stopping here that I learned that port-a-potties on the edges of the parks in St. Paul are a bit more abused than those in skate parks in St. Louis Park, and lamented passing up using a nice stretch of woods for my business.
On my way back home, I stopped at the Fort to stretch because I could tell that my back was not going to be happy with today's ride. By the time I had stopped, it was getting cloudier and windier, but it was a good place to get the kinks out.
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| Don't mess with me, man. |
I accomplished my goal by going on a longish ride by myself - I managed to purge some of the stuff that was rattling around in my head and get recalibrated for the big week ahead: work, Twins Home Opener, busy work trip to St. Louis, and hopefully making some more progress on a looming grant proposal that is rather important. I must have had weird mechanics (body movement, not people fixing my bike) on the ride because my quads are really sore, but in a good way.
The 100-miler Fulton Gran Fondo in a month will be interesting, as they say.
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