The temperature when Avery and I got up this morning at 8:00 am was 23 degrees, so we dressed in our warm clothes (Avery was dressed a bit warmer then me) and headed out the door to Land of Memories park, for the 2nd annual Mankato River Ramble Bike Ride, our activity for the day. This was our first time doing the ride and the event couldn’t have had more perfect timing, because my brother, Lee (Leaf as Avery calls him), and his fiancée Veronica are home to visit, and they are always up for a little exercise and adventure. After getting signed in and taking a few quick pictures of our group we loaded up and headed out on our 12 mile loop around some of Mankato’s river valley.
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| My mom, Leaf (Lee), Avery, Me, and Veronica |
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| Avery all ready to ride |
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| The route |
Although the day seemed cold before we left the house, it was perfect weather for a bike ride, it was just the right amount of cold once we got going. Our loop only had one rest stop, which we took full advantage of. Sure it was only like 3.5 miles into our route but it had cookies, coffee, juice, live music, and places to run and explore.
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| Having a cookie with Grandma |
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| Lee captured our little ridder |
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| Exploring with Uncle Leaf |
After our rest, we got back on our bikes and continued on our way. There were some hills to go up and some to go down but for the most part it I thought it was a relaxing ride. Avery thought so too, he decided to take a little nap as Uncle Leaf peddled on.
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| Peddle, Peddle |
It really was a great ride, I am so glad we all got the chance to do it. When we got back to Land of Memories Papa met us to enjoy some hot chocolate, coffee, bagels, fruit and more live music.
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| Happy to see Papa at the finish |
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| Veronica, Avery and Leaf post Ramble |
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