Day 39 - Brainard - Viking Quest ~ 2023 - CycleBlaze

Day 39 - Brainard

Day 39 - turned out great, a little longer than planned but...

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The Paul Bunyan Trail greeted me with a great sunrise after my night at the Northern Lights Casino.

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The weather was unseasonally mild.
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The trail surface was wonderful and so was the scenery for mist of the route. 

The trail towns along the stretch seemed to be doing well.
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Very welcoming ....
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Cool art!
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brandon spanglerbean hole day!
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7 months ago
Tamora StumYea! Bean Hole Day!!
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Keith A. SpanglerTo brandon spanglerI didn't know what that meant....liked the train though.
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7 months ago

The day was mostly flat again; and should be the rest of the way to Minneapolis.

Trail signs of inspiration
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Ok, I'm going to try and do something shorter tomorrow I hope.  It is weird because when I'm on the road like this I often find myself saying, ....it is to earlier to stop, I push on and find myself doing more than I wanted.  

Anyway, I was thankful for the help of four campground friends today.   Two delivered my wood from the main gate to my camp spot.  The others, Mark and his wife, made me dinner.  I tried to pay them, but they refused.  I gave them a postcard and said thank you.

Surprises for Tamora
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Tamora StumThanks for all my Surprises!!
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Keith A. SpanglerTo Tamora StumI hope it was fun! I enjoyed hiding things....hehehe
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7 months ago

There are not to many days left on Viking 5.  I'm eager to get to Minneapolis and then fly home to my wifey.   Ally surprises I left her have been found so.....(thank you to my boys for helping out.)

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Me and my Johnson
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Today's ride: 71 miles (114 km)
Total: 1,098 miles (1,767 km)

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