June 11, 2013 10.75 miles. St. Anthony Park. There is a couple block slice of Merriam Park just north of Marshall Avenue, between Cleveland and Cretin Avenues sometimes called “Pill […]
Amongst the Gray
June 1, 2013 14.6 miles; Frogtown, Energy Park Another gray day in Saint Paul with the threat of rain hanging nearly as heavy as the leaden clouds themselves. The flat […]
Everything’s Blooming
May 17, 2013 12.54 Miles. Mac-Groveland, Desnoyer Park, Merriam Park, St. Anthony Park. There’s a whole lot of blooming going on right now. If you have allergies then you’re well […]
Opening Day 2013! (part 2)
April 27, 2013 20.33 miles It was after 1 o’clock, I’d been riding for more than two and a-half hours and I felt my blood sugar dropping. I had no […]
I’m Out of Saint Paul!
August 28, 2012 Highland Park, West Side 17.6 miles Cleveland Avenue, Highland Park. The routine look of this Tudor style building at 690 Cleveland Avenue South belies its noteworthy origin. […]
Paint On Buildings and a Car
Nice buildings but nothing really out of the ordinary on the southwest corner of Selby Avenue and Dunlop. However, take a look at this fading but still very legible advertisement […]
A Long Ride…and Much to See
Dayton’s Bluff and Points Between June 3, 2012 20.3 miles Today’s mission-a nice long ride to Dayton’s Bluff, the neighborhood just east of downtown that overlooks I-94 and Lowertown, Turns […]
Train-ing Ground
May 27, 2012 10.3 miles Sunday, the day before Memorial Day, and its hot and humid-90 with a dew point of 68. For those of you who aren’t weather watchers, […]
Cleveland Rocks!
May 18, 2012 8.3 miles “Cleveland Rocks” is a 1979 song by Ian Hunter celebrating the city of Cleveland, Ohio. But it is a fitting tune for Saint Paul’s Cleveland […]
Jefferson, Smith and Cherokee
April 1, 2012 12.8 miles I know better than put total trust in the weather forecast but still, yesterday’s cool, grey weather was disappointing and enough to scuttle my planned […]