{"id":1972,"date":"2023-07-20T15:43:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2023-07-20T17:08:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T22:08:21","slug":"lakeville-through-the-twin-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/2023\/07\/20\/lakeville-through-the-twin-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeville, through the twin cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday it was fun to visit with the Iversons. This morning, I was back on the road early. My agenda was to go northwest to the state capitol and then go southbound to the edge of the Minneapolis\/St Paul urban area. There was a lot of trail riding today which was both good and bad. The trails made for relatively easy crossing of a large urban area. At the same time, these same trails seem to have a lot of little cracks (freeze\/thaw from the winter?) and hence were more bumpy than if I had been on the roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This picture taken heading north in Cottage Grove on one of the first trails. There was a cool breeze from the north west and overall this kept temperatures very nice today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Large buildings downtown and the state capitol were visible early. Many of the trails this morning closely followed major highways into the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Along the Mississippi River with barges also parked alongside. I cycled the north side of the river for a while and then came past the Amtrak train station before the last little climb through urban city blocks to the capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Made it to the capitol! Hooray and time for an obligatory photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A second photo including my bicycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From here, several miles of cycling along the river, first along the north side – then crossing over and along the south side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This bridge brought me back across the Mississippi River. This is my third crossing of the river this trip and I expect the last time to cross. After this I followed the river from the south side until very close to the MSP airport and then started heading south along a major road (Pilot Knob)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interesting looking tower along the way. This was very close to the campus for Unisys in Eagan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the last trails for the day as I cycled through suburbs of Eagen, Apple Valley and finally Lakeville. Overall, not a difficulty day though did seem to have a moderate amount of climbing. Below is the strava map for the day. I also cycled 0.40 miles before starting this map.<\/p>\n\n\n

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