Saturday Rides Starting from Starbucks in Rosemount, MN
This week, we’re riding to Cannon Falls. It has been a few months since we’ve taken this route, which has a lot of open roads and a trail and good scenery near our stop at Lake Byllesby Park.
The weather is looking good with partly cloudy skies, temps from 51 to 62 degrees, and winds from the south at 7 to 11 mph. The wind should give us a good workout and a nice ride back to Rosemount.
Read MoreRain is expected Saturday morning, so this weekend we’re riding Sunday morning. The ride Sunday will leave Starbucks at 08:00. We’ll follow the Shakopee route that we rode a month ago, but in the opposite direction and without a construction detour in Bloomington. The 56-mile route will have a stop about 21-miles out, at Hyland Park, because that facility is open and city parks are not. The weather Sunday should be sunny with temps from 54 to 64 degrees and 5 mph WNW winds.
Read MoreOn Labor Day, we’re going to do a special 54-mile ride from Joe's Sports Cafe, 1510 7th St NW Faribault MN, starting at 08:00. We’ll ride north to New Market and return through Lonsdale and along several lakes. This will be a casual, no-drop ride.
After the ride, we can eat at Joe’s. The drive to Faribault will take about 40 minutes from Rosemount.
Read MoreSaturday’s ride will be to Cleary Lake Regional Park near Prior Lake. We’ll combine two versions of our Prior Lake route to make a new 60-mile loop. For the first part of the ride, we’ll leave Starbucks at 08:00 and ride to Prior Lake, following our Prior Lake route, and then we’ll follow our Prior Lake alternate route to Cleary Lake and back to Rosemount. The weather will be nice with temps from 57 to 73 degrees, sun, and light winds from the west.
Read MoreSaturday, we’ll be heading north to St. Paul and Minneapolis. We’ll follow our Minneapolis Greenway route counter clockwise. This 55-mile route has a bit of everything: climbs, straight flat roads and trails, and rivers and lakes. The heat is going to break, so we will have cooler temps of 61 to 70 degrees, with sunny skies and a moderate wind from the northwest.
Read MoreRain is likely Saturday morning, and Sunday’s weather looks wonderful, so this week we’ll ride on Sunday. We’ll leave Starbucks at 08:00 Sunday and head east, to Hastings, following our Revenna Trail route clockwise. I have a special pit stop and treat planned along the last half of the ride. It will be partly sunny with temps from 69 to 74 degrees and light northeast winds.
Read MoreSaturday, we will be heading west to Shakopee, where we’ll cross the Minnesota River and head back to Rosemount via Bloomington. The 60-mile route will be similar to one we did last month, but with some more new roads. We’ll stop for a nature break at Hyland Park, like we did a month ago.
Read MoreI hope you were able to get out and enjoy the cool weather the last couple of days, because it’s going to be warming up again this weekend. Saturday, we’ll leave Rosemount at 08:00 and head south to Northfield, following our route counter clockwise. We’ll stop at Brick Oven Bakery and/or Odd Fellows Park for a short break. It will be 72 to 80 degrees with 9 mph winds from the SSW.
Read MoreSaturday morning, we’ll leave Rosemount at 08:00 and follow our 48-mile Prior Lake route clockwise. We’ll ride through Eagan, Burnsville, and Savage and stop at Edelweiss Bakery in Prior Lake. Hopefully, we can get some fresh pastries. If not, the farmer’s market will be open. It should be sunny with temps from 66 to 77 degrees and a light wind from the west.
Read MoreThe weather forecast has changed and we are expecting it to rain this morning, so today's ride is cancelled.
I hope you were able to get out and enjoy the cool weather the last couple of days, because it’s going to be warming up again this weekend. Saturday, we’ll leave Rosemount at 08:00 and head south to Northfield, follow our route counter clockwise. We’ll stop at Odd Fellows Park for a short break. It will be 80 to 82 degrees with 10 mph winds from the South.
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