We're here! Yesterday we had an easy ride into Minneapolis, where we will spend two rest days. The morning we woke up in the church to the sound of pouring rain, and we had a hard time convincing ourselves to go out into it, but once we got out there, it wasn't that bad in the end. The ride itself was uneventful. I continue to be struck by this group's willingness to ride in a group, everyone at about the same ability level; no racers, and no scrubs. Then, we met Mike in Stillwater! Yay! That was really good, to see him. He's doing well and we're going to see his show tomorrow. He took us along a beautiful bike path that really reminded me of the one in Portland. In fact, Minneapolis reminds me of Portland in a lot of ways. We went to the National MS Society office; I might have more to say about that later. Then I helped Tony go and look for bikes; I think we found him one. We're staying in the dorms at U of M; it's fun to be back in a dorm and these are actually pretty nice, for dorms; very small, but functional. And the weather is great. I fell asleep to wind blowing in through my little window and slept like a rock.
Today I'm riding out to buy some new fancy wheels for my bike. More later!
