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July 01, 2021
Minneapolis, MN
Urban Splendor North & NE Minneapolis Trails Ride |
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Coordinator: Kate Casserly |
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| The Route for the Urban Splendor ride |
Riders getting ride info |
Looking out over the Mississippi at the Great Blue Heron rookery |
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| The tree with the most visible blue heron nests | Rest stop at the WWI Memorial on Victory Memorial Drive | ULLRs resting at the WWI Memorial |
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| Lunch at the new Trailhead building | ||
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Thursday, July 1st, 18 Ullrs joined Kate C to explore the city of
Minneapolis. Kate loves the city and wanted to share some of the
sights with us. We were a very large group, so we biked at a
leisurely pace thru parts of Theodore Wirth Park and down Glenwood
Avenue into the city, winding thru some newer homes and over to Boom
Island for a quick break. We then headed north along the Mississippi, past the beautiful Sheridan's Veterans Memorial to take a break at the Great Blue Heron rookery on the Mississippi. It was a sight that most of us have never seen before. If you look closely at the picture of the tree with several bare branches, you will see at least 9 blue heron nests that were visible, but many more were obscured by the foliage. After checking out this hidden treasure, we got back on the bikes and continued on to the North Mississippi River Regional Park, where we took another break. We continued north and finally turned west and then south along the Shingle Creek and eventually found ourselves on the Victory Memorial Drive. We rode over to the actual WWI memorial and took our final break, before continuing on back to Theodore Wirth Park. We enjoyed our lunch at the beautiful new building at the Trailhead. Thanks Kate, for a very interesting ride. By Patty Fitzgerald |
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