weekend adventures

Friday Margeaux picked me up and we headed south. We landed in Whalen around 1:30 PM, checked into the lodge and unpacked. The rest of the women showed up shortly thereafter. We all introduced ourselves and made decisions on what to do next. Margeaux and I decided on a bike ride. We rode about 20 miles out then turned around and headed back. Along the way we checked out the small towns of Peterson and Rushford. Rushford was hit hard by flooding. On the way back to the lodge we stopped in Peterson for a cold frosty one.

Upon arrrival back at the lodge the rest of the women were engaged in making dinner. We all sat down to dinner together, what a fantastic dinner, two different salads, salmon, some pork thing etc. After dinner Margeaux played girlscout and got a fire started in the pit outside of the cabin. We all sat around the fire chatting, having cocktails and getting to know each other. It was a very unique gathering of women.

Saturday morning I could not sleep so I was up by 6 and relaxed with a book. Once the rest of the crew was awake we again talked of where the day would take us. Margeaux and I planned a Century ride. We drove to Lanesboro as the trail between Whalen and Lanesboro was washed out. From Lansboro we hopped on the trail and rode to Harmony. The last maybe 7 miles was uphill with a fierce headwind. By the time we reached Harmony we were both ready for lunch. We ate at a nice little cafe then walked around the town and checked out the shops. The ride back to Lanesboro was a quick one, this time we were heading downhill and had a tail wind. We decided a century ride was out of the question. We met the rest of the women in Lanesboro for dinner and beers. After dinner it was back to the cabin. Margeaux again got the fire started. We sat around the fire for a while, I was exhausted and headed off to bed by midnight.

Sunday morning I slept in until nearly 7 am. We had to be up and out of the cabin by 10 AM so the morning was quite busy. After packing up we all went our own ways. Margeaux went for another ride, I went for a 6 mile hike and the rest of the women went their own way. Margeaux and I met back up around 4 PM and headed back to the Cities.

What a fantastic weekend, lots of exercise, fresh air, interesting conversations, making new friends.