About the weather

Mother Nature hasn't been as nice to us lately. We've made our way through Minnesota and are close to the North Dakota border, and Fargo. The bike routes in Minnesota, converted rail to trail, were great and would be even better if they reached all the way from coast to coast. The Paul Bunyan State Trail was a long, fairly direct path from Brainerd to Bemiji in Minnesota. After the trail we stopped in Lake Itasca State Park where the Mississippi River begins.

We got rained on once on the Paul Bunyan State Trail, and a few more times after that. Two of those times were at night, and the other two in the day. At night we hide in the tent, and durring the day we take shelter when we can or ride through the rain if it's light. Thunder storms are quite spectacular and scary. 

All storms aside, the real issue with the weather we've faced has been the wind. Yesterday and today have been nothing but wind and we've biked half our normal distance each day. It's really hard to not think "this sucks!" But we just put it in low gear and pedal away.

On a lighter note, we biked 95 miles in one day last week, Minnesota is beautiful and natural, and here are some obligatory nature photos, signs, and one of me.