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Marty Cormack

Day 36:
The beautiful May weather continues, so I rode my road on the city trails and the Douglas State Trail to Pine Island & back for 48 miles. On the way home I took County Road 3 for 6 of the miles. The crab apple trees and red buds are now blossoming and are spectacular. Unfortunately for me, the apple trees in the orchard next to the trail were not. I hope I don't miss them when I'm gone next week. The ephemeral wildflowers are passing their peak.

Blue and black Roubaix bicycle leaning on a metal railing off the Bear Creek/Zumbro North Trail with the confluence of Bear Creek and the Zumbro River behind. On the other side of the river is the tan brick Mayo Civic Center, aluminum clad Rochester Art Center and other downtown buildings, along with the bike/ped bridge over the river. In front of the civic center are several flowering crab apple trees, with white blossoms and pink blossoms. The sky is blue and reflected in the water. To the right of the bike are a pair of Large Canada Geese with a half dozen newly hatched goslings.
Blue and black Roubaix bicycle parked in an asphalt driveway on the right of Olmsted County 3 which heads downhill and curves to the left. On either side are green lawns and trees with new green leaves. At the bottom of the hill is a red barn,
Marsh Marigolds, a robust plant with green lobed leaves and many small yellow flowers sitting in a swampy area with a downed tree branch behind and smaller MM plants in front.
Blue and black Roubaix bicycle parked in the middle of the Douglas State Trail which heads straight back to its vanishing point. On either side is green foliage and trees with new leaves. About 15 yards behind the bike are stands of False Rue Anemone on either side, small white ephemeral wildflowers.
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Marty Cormack

Day 35:
Another ideal, sunny May day to ride, so I rode my on the Shooting Star State Trail from LeRoy to Austin MN and back for 60 miles. I deliberately chose a headwind coming back as I need to ride 47 miles and 62 miles twice each next week on the Mickelson Trail and may not have advantageous wind. The Shooting Star Trail (named for the prairie wildflower) goes through Lake Louise State Park where they were doing prescribed burns on the restored prairie.

Dark brown Diverge bicycle leaning on a bike rack in front of the dam that forms Lake Louise from the Upper Iowa River. The lake is surround by trees leafing out and the water reflects the clear blue sky.
Dark brown Diverge bicycle parked on the asphalt Shooting Star State Trail which goes straight to the vanishing point. On the left are power utility poles and farm fields and on the right is MN Highway 56 and the long grass in the ditch in between. The water tower for Rose Creek can barely be seen in the distance.
Dark brown Diverge bicycle leaning on a red bike shaped bicycle rack in front of the Norwegian Hill rain shelter on the Shooting Star State Trail. The shelter has Viking dragon heads on the top and steep wood shake roof. It is surrounded by green foliage under blue skies.
Dark brown Diverge bicycle parked on the Shooting Star State Trail in Lake Louise State Park in front of a prairie that has recently undergone a prescribed burn and looks mostly black with little bits of green foliage emerging under blue skies. There is a line of trees in the distance.
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Marty Cormack

Day 34: It was an awesome day to ride, so I rode my gravel on the Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail from the Faribault trailhead past Elysian to milepost 13 and back for 51 miles. There were a lot of ephemeral wildflowers blooming right on the side of the trail. The best part of the trail is the 2.5 miles it goes through Sakatah Lake State Park. There were a lot of cyclists taking advantage of this especially nice day. Even Scoops Ice Cream in Elysian was open.

Dark brown Diverge bicycle leaning against the wooden sign for "Entering Sakata Lake State Park" that has a Pileated Woodpecker and wildflowers painted on it. To the right the asphalt trail disappears after a curve to the right with newly leafing trees and shrubs on either side,
Dark brown Diverge bicycle leaning on the concrete obelisk Chicago Great Western Milepost "M43" on the green lawn to the left of the Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail with newly leafing trees and shrubs on either side.
Dark brown Diverge bicycle leaning against milepost 13 looking East with blooming pear trees on the left of the Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail.
Dark brown Diverge bicycle parked on the Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail with Lake Sakatah visible through the tree trunks the line the trail. The lake is reflecting the blue sky.
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Marty Cormack

Day 33:
Still cool, but with less wind and a promise of sunshine, I took my road out and did a long road and trail ride, looping through Chester, Viola, Elgin, Plainview, Viola again and home for 55 miles. This route is somewhat hilly, so that helps with my prep for my Mickelson Trail ride in 10 days. For the most part the road traffic was light. I guess with that much effort, I earned a spot on the couch to watch Stanley Cup hockey later.

Blue and black Roubaix bicycle leaning on the wooden railing of a wooden decked bridge over the North Fork of the Whitewater River on the Great River Ridge State Trail looking North. The river can be seen to the left weaving through pasture with black cows grazing.
Blue and black Roubaix bicycle parked off the gravel entrance road to Carley State Park with brown gates with signs and the wooden decorated "Carley State Park" sign with an image of Virginia Bluebells in bloom. The road curves to the right and there are trees just leafing out on either side.
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Marty Cormack

Day 32:
We have house guests coming in the afternoon, so I had to ride in the morning. It was yukky, cold (for May), cloudy and windy. So I rode my road on the city trails for 34 miles. The Zumbro South Trail now has the copious Virginia Bluebells blooming, and it will probably peak in a couple days. I'm using the Seek app by iNaturalist to record the flowers I see, but now also the fungi because I am such a fun guy! Better weather is coming! Yeah!

Two Yellow Fieldcap mushrooms, a larger one on the right, light yellow stem and light yellow umbrella like cap, coming out of black dirt with green grass blades surrounding.
Blue and black Roubaix bicycle parked on the asphalt Zumbro River South Trail in a wooded area with copious Virginia Bluebells wildflowers carpeting the forest floor giving the area a light blue sheen on top of the green foliage.
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Marty Cormack

Day 31:
It is a busy day and a rainy day. But I managed to mostly miss the rain as I rode my to have coffee with my hockey team as usual. But getting there wasn't usual. Due to utility construction, park construction and road construction, I was forced to take three separate detours to what is normally a simple, mostly multiuse path route. The detours add one busy road crossing, while making another very safe as the busy road is closed just past the crossing.

Sage green Vado SL ebike parked on the Bear Creek Trail near the dog park looking east across an open marshy field with greening grass, scattered trees just starting to leaf out and a stand of mostly bare trees in the distance under cloudy skies.
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