MIDWEST LIVING magazine: Slow Your Roll

Early morning birdsong mixes with the crunch of fine gravel beneath my bike tires. As I hug the curves of the Root River, the rising sun feels hot for early May in Minnesota. Already, a thick blanket of green has spread across the sides of bluffs, over the rolling hills and into the treetops shading the trail. I ride for several hours in silence and solitude, save for the occasional deer or wild turkey eyeing me from the surrounding fields. full article