Bob and I are often blessed with having generous home owners. Our current homeowners left us 2 bikes for our use, should we so desire. We do so desire and took them out today for a first trial run, as there are a wealth of bike paths in the area.
We rode down Dale Street to Wheelock Parkway, which has an impressive bikeway that runs alongside it. The parkway is named for Joseph Wheelock, who immigrated to Minnesota from Nova Scotia in 1850, 8 years before Minnesota became a state. He was a newsman and parks advocate. In the 1890s, he proposed a system of parkways then known as the Outer Circle, but which are now recognized as the Grand Round.
The bike path was lovely — physically separated from the road, shaded by trees, and usually separated from a walking path. We biked east on it through lovely neighborhoods to Phelan Park, another great St Paul regional park with a lake, splash pad, hiking/biking trails, and a golf course.
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