On top of trying to map out various 15-minute biking destinations in NoMi, I've also been building up to biking the entire length of the Grand Rounds this summer. Well, technically not each and every inch of that trail, since some of it loops around the lakes and Minnehaha Parkway. Recently, I made good on my goal to bike the Grand Rounds in one trip. What you see pictured above isn't the exact map of the trail, since the designated area stops just short of north Minneapolis. And, in a point of pride, the last little jig in northeast isn't mapped out because my phone was low on batteries. I had to upload the map of what I had done before it shut off and erased the record of my progress.
That's right, I had more endurance than my phone's batteries.
All bravado aside, the experience led to a few observations about the Grand Rounds...
