Moline to Annawan

May 15, 2022

The Hennipen Canal Trail

Great Day!!! Cool with tail wind and a lovely trail most of the day! We started out with a five mile ride along the Mississippi on the River Trail, then a section of county roads, and finally onto the Hennepin Canal Parkway Trail. It was mostly paved with some areas of unpaved but pretty well maintained trail for a total of 27 miles.

At the start of the Hennepin Canal Parkway Trail

Uh oh! Water over the trail. Nancy had sent a text saying we could ride through it. She started early and was ahead of us.

I went through first and got the group I was riding with coming through led by John.

Our lunch stop was across the canal. Here are two of the riders heading out after lunch.

And this was the lunch stop. I took this as we were back on the trail side after lunch.

I took this to give a flavor of the trail. We went through a trail tunnel and the canal went through its own duct.

Today's ride: 41 miles (66 km)
Total: 523 miles (842 km)

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