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Monday, October 6, 2014

Speculative appreciation

Highland Park Golf Course, Photo by Michael McKinney

Highland Park Golf Course, Photo by Michael McKinney

Minneapolis Mill District, Photo by Michael McKinney

Highland Park Golf Course, Photo by Michael McKinney

Como Park Golf Course, Photo by Michael McKinney

Winter Cycling Commute, Photo by Michael McKinney

Highland Park Golf Course, Photo by Michael McKinney


I've been trying to think of what specific bicycle ride from 2013 stuck in my mind as my favorite one. It seems a little pointless, and maybe the value of doing it is not so much about making a point about that particular bicycle ride or myself, maybe it should be more a focus of what did not happen to me in 2013. There were not a lot of dramatic failures, crashes, car accidents, altercations, sporting event fracases, nothing stands out in my memory as profoundly dissident from the rest...which is why I have been trying to think of something that happened that was more important than all of those other calamities that had previously relegated my attempts. I'll get back to you.

Okay, I found one. I went Cross Country Skiing in December, and rode my bicycle to the trail and back home. The day was a little colder and windier than I would have liked, and the snow pack was pretty soft, so the skiing was challenging...by the time I got home I was a little frustrated with the whole exercise. Which is funny because a month or two later the roads were so covered in ice and packed snow I skied on the road to the trail, did a few laps and skied home. Anyway, the bike ride was just a couple of miles to the trail and back home, so I am including the Nordic skiing portion of that days activities from my Strava feed,



...and a few pictures I took from that day and a couple others.

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