The worse of the storm that was coming was to pass over last night, this morning it was a steady drizzle which turn into a steady rain and then became a heavy rain, finally deciding to become a down pour, just when we thought it was over. Overall for the day it was wet varying to very wet. There were two reasons for moving, one was cost and the second was fear of arguing over Jerry Springer and Dr. Phil.
Here is a picture of the Minniaplois skyline showing how wet it was.
Just after crossing the river we found ourselves on a bike path with a wooden bridge that had a turn at the end. Just as I started the turn my front wheel went left, my rear wheel went right and I went down. Some minor road rash on my elbow, hip and knee. I noticed Dave seem very concerned about the bike and picked it up before lending me a hand, maybe he is still mad about the ribbing for paying so little for his bike repair.
We found a hotel in St. Paul after riding only 20 miles. The room looks like a laundry with all our clothes out dring. Arriving at hotel the owner knew we wanted a room and would not budge on the price so althought we are a lot cheaper than yesterday, I still believe we over paid for the room. I believe that all the packs are empty and we are hoping to have most of it dry tomorrow.
The hotel does not have a breakfast so packing without caffine might become a problem, I am reserving the right to be gumpy. If my bike pants and pantyhose are not dry I will be grumpy.
Dave's rain clothes look better than mine as my coat let all the rain right though slowly but his appeared to keep dry from the waist up.
In all honesty the views today were assume. The Twin Cities have done a great job of creating a bike paths with plenty of views of the river, lots of small parts and tonnes of history in town. So even with fall I have admit the ride was worth the fall.
Thankful for Today
I am really thankful for humor today, even through the lousy weather today Dave and I joked and laughed about it all day. Even tonight in the hotel room with the wet clothes everywhere we are still laughing about the problems we after faces. So thankyou god for creating laughter and jokes.
Love and Kisses
Allan and David
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