Almost A Century

RRT and HPT: 83.87 miles
Tandem Pedal Time: 6 hours 33 minutes, average speed 12.7

Today was a play day in and around Lanesboro, MN. We packed the tandem in the van and drove to Lanesboro to begin what we hoped would be a 100-mile biking day. We started pedaling at 8:30 a.m. towards Rushford then turned the bike to head back to Lanesboro. On our way back, we came across Quinten and Glorie Ann Robley from Canton whom we just saw recently at the PIGS Tandem Rally in Iowa. We had a short visit and then continued back towards Lanesboro.

We now had 40 miles on the bike but wanted 60 more so we continued along the RRT towards Preston and up to Harmony. We stopped for lunch at the Chrunchy Side Grille happy to have a total of 60 miles accumulated thus far. Will we make 100 before 5:30 p.m. when we would have to stop to get ready for our dinner/theatre date with Alan and Michelle? As we neared the trail junction at Isinours, it was 4:00 p.m. We debated going up towards Fountain but decide that would make us late for our 5:30 reservation at Riverside on the Root so we turned the bike towards Lanesboro again, satisfied with the 83 miles we were able to ride on this beautiful near-fall day.  We fell short of our goal by 17 miles today but will try again another day before this biking season is over.