Root River trail pictures

[dreamshark]

Yes, we did manage a little biking on our bike trip.

	The Root River, meandering We didn't get out of Minneapolis on Tuesday until noon, which didn't give us a lot of time for biking. It's a 2+ hour drive to Lanesboro, and in November it gets dark by 4pm down in the river valley. So we decided to do a little biking at the Fountain end of the trail on our way to Lanesboro. This is just a nice shot from the trail as it descends from Fountain into the river bottom.
	This house totally baffles me. It's the only house for miles around, just sitting there in the middle of nowhere, facing directly at the trail. In the summer they must sit on the porch and stare at all the bikers going past. But the house is clearly older than the trail. So it must have originally been built to face directly onto the railroad tracks. Who would build a house like that? Trainspotters? (Tuesday, Fountain->Preston turnoff)
	Enigmatic cows Cows. I love the way they stare unwaveringly and solemnly at passersby. Like they know something you don't. (Tuesday, Fountain->Preston turnoff)
	Scenic pile of gravel, glowing in the sunset I must have spent 20 minutes taking pictures of this heap of gravel. I guess I just like industrial waste. (Tuesday, Fountain->Preston turnoff)
	A sucker for bridge pictures. Wednesday we rode east from Lanesboro through Whalen and on towards Peterson. And I can't resist a bridge picture.
	The graveyard of giant pumpkins. My favorite of a set of pictures taken of a trail-side farmyard shortly before we turned around and headed back to Lanesboro. We never did make it to Peterson. Not that it matters.
	A particularly beautiful cat From a distance the face mask looked exactly like a raccoon, and the unusual color of the coat was even more striking than it looks in the picture.