The hilly West Side has its ups and downs-literally, the notch in St. Paul’s southern border and stumbling onto a geodesic dome house on Morton Street.
Really living on the Mississippi River
Downtown, West Side September 19, 2022 8.4 miles When someone says they’re living on the Mississippi River, they really mean along the river. The few […]
The Largest, Hardest-to-Find Park In Saint Paul
July 6, 2022 Highland Park, West End/West 7th, Downtown, Lowertown, Battle Creek 24.3 miles Below, the map of the July 6, 2022 Ride. Saint Paul […]
The Remarkable Garden of Miss Iris
May 10, 2022 Lexington-Hamline, Hamline-Midway, Frogtown, North End 17 miles Lexington-Hamline The practical purpose of garages — storage — means they play a secondary role […]
Sylvan Sights Around a Cemetery
21 milesOctober 18, 2021Como, North End The map of the October 18, 2021 ride. Sylvan means relating to, or inhabiting the woods. While the ride […]
More On the Robert Piram Trail Story
West End, West Side24 MilesOctober 7, 2021 In the post Taking A New Path, I raved about the new Robert Piram Bike Trail. It’s a […]
The ‘Irregular Hillocks, Ridges and Hollows’ of St. Anthony Park
August 25, 2021 20.8 Miles St. Anthony Park I’d never thought of St. Anthony Park as being unusually hilly. That is, until this ride. About […]
Riding Across the City, Riding Across the Country
Downtown Saint Paul’s taller buildings peeked above the tree line and Pig’s Eye Lake. Left to right, Wells Fargo Tower, First National Bank Building, 400 Securian Center, Airye Condominiums (formerly Jackson Tower, Cray Plaza and Galtier Tower) the two buildings on the right.
The Ever Evolving Midway
September 10, 2019 13.4 Miles Lexington-Hamline, Midway I’ve spent a lot of time in the Midway shopping, eating, walking, biking and waiting at stoplights over […]
It Began With a Tyrannosaurus
September 2, 2019 Downtown, Payne-Phalen, Railroad Island, Dayton’s Bluff 20.5 Miles In all my rides around Saint Paul, I’d never seen a dinosaur, nor had […]