Saturday, May 29, 2010

Day #1-Northern Tier with John & Kathi

Hastings, MN to Osceola, WI: 58.82 miles
Comments: Ride Time was 5 hours 4 minutes, average speed: 11.5


We find ourselves biking with Kathi and John Johnson again this Memorial Day weekend. They have been on the road biking for 12 straight days when they called to let us know they would be in our area and invited us to join them on a portion of their adventure to bike the northern tier across the USA. We met up with them at the Regency Hotel in Hastings, MN on Friday evening and on Saturday began biking towards Osceola, WI where we would be spending our first layover night at the River Valley Inn & Suites. Today’s route took us through Stillwater, MN where we stopped at the Historic Water Street Inn & Irish Pub to enjoy the view of the St. Croix River. Following our rest in Stillwater, we cued up to join the traffic crossing the lift bridge into Wisconsin. It was a beautiful biking day—blue skies with mild winds. The temperature, however, reached 100° at a time when little shade was available forcing us to pedal on through 30 miles of heat and challenging road surface. We reached Osceola a bit exhausted from heat and hills, jumped in the shower and then made plans for the next day’s travels. Supper was at the Tippy Canoes Restaurant directly across from our hotel and it was delicious. Kathi and John are an oddity out there on the roads and many curious people stop them to question their unusual mode of travel. It’s been exciting to be a small part of their adventure and enjoy the looks of excitement on their faces as they travel through
unknown areas of the country.












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