Saturday's ride will be to Prior Lake via Black Dog Lake and returning via Farmington. This 62-mile route starts out like last week's ride, but we'll take a different route to Prior Lake via the newly raised and paved trail along I-35W in Burnsville. Kudos to the City of Burnsville for raising this trail to reduce the number of closures due to flooding going forward!

After leaving our stop in Prior Lake, we'll head a little further south before heading west to Farmington, where you'll have the option of a shorter return via Hwy 3 for a 54-mile ride. The shorter route avoids CR46, which is narrow and busy on Saturday mornings.

The weather Saturday morning will be sunny, with temps from 64 to 78, and west winds from 3 to 6 mph.

Did you know that I have more than 40 RCC routes on Ride with GPS, covering 2300 miles, and they are available to everyone? And, if you sign up for a free Ride with GPS account, you can link it to the account for your head unit, then you can simply pin our routes and they will automatically download your device.