I am Pete Ryan, you may have heard of me...No? Did you find something with peteryan.com labeled on it? I would really like to have it back and there may be a reward! pete at peteryan dot com
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This is part of my afternoon commute home. I ride through part of Fort Snelling State Park. I prefer this much more than driving. As I took this picture up on 5 and 55 cars are backed up for nearly a mile along the road. Suckers.
Friday is bike to work day and you should do it. If you have showers near/at work you have no excuse. If you drive less than 5 miles, no excuse. :) 10 miles was my excuse for a long time not to ride in, but it is pretty easy. I met one guy here who rides nearly 26 miles each way 2-3 times a week. Makes me feel like a slacker all these years. Get out and ride!
I have been riding this route for about a month now, 3-4 days a week and I never want to go back to commuting full time by car. The thought of it makes me sad. Even in the winter I want to ride in and I am going to try. Right now my route is about 10 miles in each direction but the ride home usually get stretched into about 15 depending on time. :)
I am not exactly sure how many miles I have ridden, or how much weight I have dropped but by riding into work I am happier in the AM, get in two 45 minute workouts each time I ride in. Well have a good bike to work day Friday!
-pete
Labels: bike, commute
2 Comments:
There are some pretty nice pictures in one of the books about Minneapolis railroads of the trains going past Fort Snelling way back when (120+ years?). Apparently they used to travel along the base of Fort Snelling, so I've assumed that's the path up into Minnehaha Park which you took a picture of. I was just on that path last Friday - took it up to my sister's house. That's a nice ride, although it's more soothing when you don't have to climb back up into Eagan...nice that you're taking the slightly down-hill route home.
I like the route, I did find some pictures a while back about the line that ran down there. Along part of the route you can still see the poles that ran along there. I have 5 miles of cars and like 5 miles of nice riding. And you nailed it, base of Ft. Snelling heading up to the park.
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