{"id":1982,"date":"2015-05-26T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2015-06-08T10:58:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T15:58:24","slug":"3rd-annual-fridley-bike-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/3rd-annual-fridley-bike-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Annual Fridley Bike Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When:<\/strong> Saturday June 6th, 2015<\/a> – Departing around 2:15PM, other activities before (see below)
\nWhere:<\/strong> Islands of Peace Park, Fridley, MN<\/a>
\nRoute:<\/strong>\u00a07.5 miles – Mississippi River Trailer down to Reidel Farm, then over to Main St. and up to Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts – Route Map<\/a><\/p>\n

After very mild first<\/a> and second<\/a> bike tours, Fridley is starting<\/em> to get behind the bike tour idea… It’s at least on the official Fridley website calendar this year \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n

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Fridley was recently awarded the Blue Star Award<\/a>. As part of the celebration, an event that coincides with National Trails Day<\/a>\u00a0will be held on June 6th. There will be kids events at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts<\/a>\u00a0starting at 10 in the morning and then the celebration continues at Islands of Peace Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At 1PM, the Mayor will give a national trails proclamation. Then the\u00a0community band will be playing an hour long concert. The bike tour is set to depart around 2:15PM, after the band concert.<\/p>\n

This will be a family friendly, leisurely ride. I’ll probably have at least one kid in-tow, so feel free to bring your kids along!<\/p>\n

We’ll head south on the Mississippi River Trail towards Reidel Farm<\/a>. I’m hoping to brush up on my history before the ride in case anyone asks about the farm’s significance. Then we’ll cross over the Northtown Yard via the 44th Ave. bridge<\/a>. We’ll cross into Columbia Heights briefly on the other side of the bridge before getting back into Fridley proper via Main St.<\/p>\n

We’ll continue north on the Mississippi River Trail to Locke Lake. We’ll make a short stop at\u00a0Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts. Then we’ll head back south to Islands of Peace.<\/p>\n

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Update<\/h2>\n

After shaking hands with the Mayor during the National Trails Day Proclamation, we listened to the Fridley City Band<\/a> play some “water music.” One tune was an 80s medley which I believe contained the Police Academy march. I certainly had the tune my head the rest of the day, so I thought I’d share this earworm:<\/p>\n