Friday, August 15, 2025 Another Bike Ride, then Getting Ready to Move on

 

Friday, August 15, 2025 Another Bike Ride

See that little bird out there?  It thinks it owns this area.  Wait until my humans let me out and I will show it who runs this show.  Right after I eat grass and throw up…

It is a lot less humid today.  We decided to do an early bike ride.  We launched in the same place, but went right this time, instead of left.  The trail follows the Big Sioux River through woods, to a park, then heads into the city.  The corridor through the city is adorned with really nice decorative bridges.  It has a low wall that has been built with the local quartzite with stunning caps.  It is clean and very pretty.  We pass the city and come upon the Falls.  It is much easier getting to the Falls on bicycle than a car. 

Continuing beyond the falls, the trail crosses a part of the river that is a spillway.  It seems odd that it runs in this direction, when other pieces of the river seem to run in another direction.  Can’t figure that out.  Anyhow, we  then climb an adorable switchback trail with about 4 or 5 turns.  Through some more woods, then the trail opens up as if on a levee.  The river looks like a canal at this point.  The landscape is no longer wooded, but open.  We pass some factories.  You know, factories are places where things get built. Remember those?  Not sure what these do but there are lots of them.  A mile or two of that then we come upon the airport.  The trail crosses the river again almost putting us on a runway, then we turn into agricultural areas.  Fields of corn and alfalfa surround us.  It feels we are in another world!  We could continue for miles, but we have done close to 7 miles so far, and we decide to turn back.  What a treat these bike trails are!

After a breakfast at the Frying Pan (one step up from Denny’s), we head back to Artie.  We are leaving tomorrow, so we have lots to do.  We move the bikes from the truck to Artie.  Spouse goes to visit Kay, while I get to do laundry.  It has been nice being in one place for a while, with good internet.  But tomorrow… we shall see.