it was a beautiful weekend, and i celebrated on saturday in fine mpls fashion with some friends (new + old) by doing a 50-miler — the first real ride of the year. we started in seward and meandered through theo wirth, headed out around minnetonka and stopped in excelsior for beers (taking a drink for every ducati or lexus suv that drove by), then went home via hopkins and the greenway. the evening was topped off with a delicious bbq, which was also done in typical mpls fashion: kramarczuk’s sausage, an attempt at doc wong chicken, a monster pork loin, two kinds of homemade potato salad, cowboy caviar, and plenty of beer. between the biking, beer, and vast quantities of food, i can’t say i’ve been that tired in a long time.
