We got on the trail in Chaska biking along a old railroad line , after a few miles moved into the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge has a very interesting history you can read a short version here.
Even though the temperature was in the 90's again, the forest was shaded and cool. The trail was covered with fallen leaves from a recent storm reminding us that autumn would be upon us soon. The little up's and down's created by the ancestral river and glaciers makes for a fun bike ride.
The trail winds through the woods then starts a gentle incline up a wooded hill providing some nice look outs over the Refuge. Hidden in the woods is an old stone Shakopee Brewery built in 1890 . It is a bit other worldly to see it in a woods.....you feel like you must be in another country.
On our biking trips we often see abandon houses in the middle of no where. This one was in Shakopee across from some burial mounds...I'm sure it has some significance unlike most abandon homes we see but I was too tired to find out :-)
Lovely oak tree...I spend about an hour looking at this as my boys rode into town to replace a bike tire that burst, it happens.
It was great biking there, also it was nice having Adeeb with us!!
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