CIIcanoe...: 2018

Here are some pictures and videos from some of my rides in the month of December 2018.

On Saturday, 12-01-18, I led my ride, A Ride of Two Cities, from the Dunn Brothers in Minneapolis on Lake St. This was a 41 mile ride around the Twin Cities.

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Here is Chuck showing up for my ride. I believe this was the first time he showed up on one of my rides from Minneapolis...12-01-18

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On 12-02-18 I took my fat bike around Elm Creek Park. This was an almost 17 mile ride.

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I stopped briefly on the trail and look who showed up behind me... Chuck. He had already been out for a while, but we rode together for another hour or so...12-02-18

On 12-04-18 Catherine, Paul, Joe and I rode my Going Somewhere ride which ended up being 55 miles long.

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Paul and Catherine...12-04-18

Catherine....12-04-18

Joe and Paul....12-04-18

On 12-06-18 Paul, Joe and I rode my Coffee Box ride. We took our break at the Bridge Street Coffee Box in Oak Grove. The ride was 49 miles long.

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On 12-08-18 Joe, Paul, Catherine, Andrei and I rode my Winter Sampler ride from Dunn Brothers in Minneapolis. We took our break at Carma Coffee in NE Minneapolis. The ride was 37 miles. Andrei broke off from the group about a half mile from the end to complete 31 miles. The rest of us continued on to do the slightly longer loop of 37 miles. Catherine didn't stop for break and continued on to complete the 37 mile loop on her own.

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Joe and Paul...12-08-18

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On 12-9-18 I took my fat bike back out to Elm Creek Park for a 14 mile ride.

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On 12-11-18 Joe, Catherine, Paul and I rode 58 miles on my ride I called, Blackwater Coffee Revisited. The break was at the Blackwater Coffee in Maple Plain.

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On 12-12-18 Joe led one of his Credit River Ramble rides from Lakeville, MN. The break was at BlueNose Coffee in Farmington, MN. This was a 41 mile ride.

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BlueNose Coffee...12-12-18

We saw a rafter of turkeys, but they were running to the backyard by the time I got my phone out...12-12-18

On 12-13-18 Catherine led her Lake Elmo Spin ride from Nina's Coffee in St. Paul, MN.

I like the snowman on the street signs...12-13-18

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That's my nearly frozen water bottle...12-13-18

On 12-15-15 it was my 46 mile Coffee Run ride from Dunn Brothers.

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Liesa showing up to ride...12-15-18

Catherine arrived...12-15-18

Catherine put her front fender back on her bike the night before and today it was rattling a little. She's just flipping her bike back upright after fixing the problem....12-15-18

Bru House Coffee in New Brighton...12-15-18

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Catherine, Tony, Paul, Joe and Liesa... 12-15-18

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What are you doing Paul :) ...12-15-18

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On 12-17-18 Catherine, Chuck, Paul and I rode my ride, Back to the Box, a 53 mile ride. We stopped back to one of our favorite places to take a break the Bridge Street Coffee Box.

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On 12-19-18 it was my 51 mile Going Somewhere Wednesday ride. Just Catherine, Paul and I rode the route.

Time to remove some clothing...12-19-18

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We found big foot near Hanover, MN...12-19-18

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On 12-22-18 it was back to the Dunn Brothers in Minneapolis where we would start my ride... Another Coffee Run. This time we took our break at The Depot Coffee Shop in Hopkins. Liesa also wanted us to check out the Coldwater Springhouse, since we would be riding right by it. We had to walk our bikes a short distance due to the rough solid ice trail leading to the spring.

Liesa, Chuck, Paul, Catherine and Johnny...12-22-18

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The Depot Coffee House....12-22-18

We got a little more snow after our break...12-22-18

On 12-23-18 Catherine and I took our fat bikes to Elm Creek Park. We rode a little over 13 miles while giving Catherine's dog, Griffin, a workout. Griffin loves to go fat biking!

There weren't many people at the single track due to the very icy trails/single track....12-23-18

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We decided to check the progress of the new bridge that's had the road closed for 3 weeks. During the winter I use this road often when I ride to the west of Champlin...12-23-18

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On 12-25-18, Christmas Day, Catherine, Paul and I did Catherine's 55 mile route that she called Nina's Coffee Spin- Winter Holidaze. We started at Nina's in St. Paul and rode in a westerly direction to Plymouth. We weren't sure what would be open other than the planned stop at the Kwik Trip in Plymouth, MN so we stopped there briefly. Catherine checked her phone to see what coffee shops were nearby and found a Starbucks about a mile away. She called them and they said they were open until 4 pm. Back on our bikes we go...

It was a pleasure to ride the roads without much traffic.

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On 12-26-18 I took a short 17 mile ride on the Seven Evergreen.

My lucky day... no lines or waiting to get a pumpkin today....12-26-18

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On 12-30-18 I took the fat bike out around Elm Creek. This was a 13.6 mile ride.

Thin layer of ice under that fine layer of snow...12-30-18

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The last day of 2018 I took the fat bike out again. I stayed around the Elm Ceek area. This was a 3 hour ride of 17 miles. There was a light snow falling for the last hour that I rode making the woods very quiet.