Day 22: 9/17/06

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Our Saturday of rest became a memory on Sunday morning. We had to shake off the dust and get those joints moving again. However, before we set sail from the U of MN's Coffman Union for St. Paul and beyond, we need to give props to our Tia Luisa, Uncle Tom, and Cuz' Kathryn for picking us up at the river's edge, opening their home to us, feeding us way too well, and of course being tons of fun. It was a restful and enjoyable weekend! Thanks so much for the recharge!
Urban sights spotted the shoreline through Minneapolis and St. Paul. Here another storm sewer network drains to the Mississippi. In the Twin Cities, volunteers with Friends of the Mississippi River have done a great job of stenciling sewer drains with the river or stream that the sewer drains to. Find out how you can do this in your neighborhood!
A medium-size paddle boat passes us on our way past Fort Snelling State Park. Minneapolis and St. Paul have done a great job of maintaining a fairly natural shoreline for such a populated area. Bike and walking trails line each bank. We just came across a plan to make a network of trails and roads for bicycle traffic along the entire Mississippi River. The project is called the Mississippi River Trail. Maybe that will be our next adventure, if we know how to use our legs when we're done with this one...