My wife and I went for a bike ride this morning to the Coon Rapids Dam. The trail was littered with branches and leaves from yesterday's high winds. The path was also still damp from the rain where the sun hadn't found it yet. On a tight corner into a bridge over Coon Creek, I made the corner fine but my wife's bike slid out from under her into the rail on one side of the bridge. As she hit the side of the metal bridge, she was thrown across to the other side where her head hit the steel rail hard. Luckily she has made it a habit to wear her helmet as the cushioned the blow. We made sure she was ok and she wanted to continue on.

We proceeded onto to the dam which was hosting the annual Carp Festival. Largest carp wins the boat. We crossed the dam and decided to continue onto Elm Creek Park Preserve. There is a nice 6 mile trail linking the 2 parks. We stopped at the swimming hole for refreshments. From there we headed through the park to downtown Champlin and crossed back over the Mississippi River on the historic Ferry Bridge. By then we were becoming tired so we went straight back on Main St on the way home.

Thank God for helmets, looks like I will need to get one too.

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