Lovely weekend. One day in the high 60's or very low 70's, one day mid 70's.. I'll take it.
Saturday we cruised over to see Grant, whom John grew up with, for his company's bike festival with a beer problem. Grant works for New Belgium and was in town for the Minneapolis stop of the Tour de Fat. A forward thinking benefit festival that discourages use of oil through bicycle commuting, composting, and solar energy and the like. The event was run off the grid in a potholed parking lot. We had a blast. Johno enjoyed the bike pen, where one could try some interesting bikes. Odin was in love with the supersized sit and spin and I was a bit keen on it myself.
Sunday brought out the sun and we took advantage by heading down to the Minnesota River. We paddled a ways down and into the Mississippi. We were far from alone on the water. I remembered why we usually did that section of river on weeknights. Motor boats galore. At one point Odin and Johno went to use the bathroom and I stayed with the boat. More than 10 boats went by making wake that made me haul the boat out of the water. But not before we got several huge gouges on the keel line. At least it was a fun day trip.
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