Showing posts with label Lake Itasca State Park - Headwaters of the Mississippi.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lake Itasca State Park - Headwaters of the Mississippi.. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

We did it! We 're finally on the road.

We got in the first 63 miles today and are staying in a hotel in the cute town of Walker on Leech Lake. I don't plan to swim. 
The first 32 miles were on local roads and into a headwind but at Bemidji we turned south on the Paul Bunyan Trail and practically flew with the tailwind and smooth pavement. 
Leech Lake is a reservoir off the Mississippi but so far the river itself is still pretty calm and narrow.