Biking in Minneapolis!
Christie Martin is ready to get her bike out!
Christie is grateful for healthy babies!
Entertainment of the week:
I am Legend
Minneapolis/St. Paul Happenings:
SPH Taste Diversity Event: Global Fusion
Wednesday, April 23rd, 4:30-7:30pm
The Whole
SPH Multicultural Celebration
Saturday, April 26th, 1-4pm
Tedd Mann Concert Hall
Word of the Day, Monday April 21, 2008 (dictionary.com):
chimera \ky-MIR-uh\, noun:
1. (Capitalized) A fire-breathing she-monster represented as having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
2. Any imaginary monster made up of grotesquely incongruous parts.
3. An illusion or mental fabrication; a grotesque product of the imagination.
4. An individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution, produced as a result of organ transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering.
Week at-a-glance (weather.com):
Mon Apr 21
Scattered T-Storms
70°
45°
60%
Use Caution on the Roads
Tue Apr 22
AM Clouds / PM Sun
63°
41°
20%
Wed Apr 23
Partly Cloudy
67°
55°
10%
Thu Apr 24
Scattered T-Storms
66°
41°
40%
Check Flight Delays
Fri Apr 25
Few Showers
50°
35°
30%
Sat Apr 26
Partly Cloudy
54°
39°
10%
Sun Apr 27
Showers
52°
37°
40%
I love to bike and, for the most part, I am pretty impressed with the road bike trails around the Minneapolis area. I have always lived adjacent to the trails and therefore have used them to get to work in downtown Minneapolis and home to visit my family in Eden Prairie.
Currently, Phase I of the Greenway Trail—which runs through Minneapolis—is finished. You can catch it between Lake Calhoun and Lake of the lsles in Uptown and it runs parallel (just north of) Lake Street east all the way past 35W. If you travel east on this trail, you can also catch a trail near Hwy 55 and ride into downtown, just shy of the Metrodome, or to the University of Minnesota.
If you prefer to travel west to the suburbs, the Greenway Trail turns into the Southwest LRT Trail and goes from Minneapolis to Chaska via Hopkins, Eden Prairie and Chanhassen. Supposedly, there is talk that this may turn into a light rail line, but until then, I suggest you enjoy a leisurely bike ride that is pretty much a straight shot from Uptown to the suburbs.
For those of you who have never used the trails before, you may find the following websites useful:
For more information about biking in Minneapolis (including maps, how to combine bicycling & transit, and who to contact if your bike gets stolen) go to: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/bicycles/index.asp
For a map of trails and parks in greater Minnesota, go to:
http://www.mnbiketrails.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&TM=42986.06
And for those of you who like mountain biking, go to: http://www.visi.com/~tam/mtb.html
One last thing: please remember to wear your helmet!
Last modified on Monday Jul 02, 2007