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  • DAY 27 – SUNDAY, AUGUST 4

    ALMA TO WINONA I ran into one of my best friends today – his name is Joe Welch. I haven’t seen or talked to him for a long time (a very long…

    August 4, 2019
    Travelogue

  • DAY 23 – WEDNESDAY, JULY 31

    SAINT PAUL TO PRESCOTTPRESCOTT TO THE PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITY Tom and I arrived at Lambert’s Landing in Saint Paul, Minnesota to begin the ride out of the city. We decided on a bike…

    July 31, 2019
    Travelogue

  • DAY 22 – TUESDAY JULY 30

    MINNEAPOLIS TO ST. PAULDay two in the Twin Cities. Good friends Tori Nill and Todd Stevens joined the Relay team in the morning to cover the miles on foot. They’re veteran relay…

    July 30, 2019
    Travelogue

  • DAY 21 – MONDAY, JULY 29

    ELK RIVER TO MINNEAPOLIS Early morning in Elk River, Minnesota, long road to Minneapolis. Of course the Davies had a full breakfast planned for us—an amazing cinnamon nut bread, bacon, eggs over easy,…

    July 29, 2019
    Travelogue

  • Looking for stories along the Mississippi, she’s found love

    Britta Greene Crosby, Minn.July 29, 2019 4:00 a.m. | MPR News Victoria Bradford Styrbicki had just finished a 20-mile trek, by foot and bike, between the northern Minnesota towns of Aitkin and Crosby. Now it…

    July 29, 2019
    Media

  • DAY 20 – SUNDAY, JULY 28

    MONTICELLO TO ELK RIVER Which side of the river to run on is always a question. And on Day 20, we had planned on the west side, but the locals said no,…

    July 28, 2019
    Travelogue

  • DAY 19 – SATURDAY JULY 27

    ST. CLOUD TO MONTICELLO An engineer and a choreographer walk into a bar . . . Victoria ended yesterday’s run on the upper side of the St. Cloud Convention Center. I needed…

    July 27, 2019
    Travelogue

  • DAY 18 – FRIDAY, JULY 26

    RICE TO ST. CLOUD We were told the Creamery is hopping in the morning, with two groups of men who know their Rice, Minnesota history—seating themselves according to political affiliation: Democrats in the front,…

    July 26, 2019
    Travelogue

  • Abby Smith

    The next generation in Crosby Meet Abby Smith—24 year-old local librarian. Left her home town of Crosby, MN for college some years ago thinking she would never come back. And yet, here…

    July 26, 2019
    Voices

  • DAY 17 – THURSDAY, JULY 25

    LITTLE FALLS TO RICE We packed up our mansion (!) at Linden Hill, and got set for the run out of town. A local woman named Jackie Devine had messaged us earlier, saying…

    July 25, 2019
    Travelogue