The next bikeathon will be in Maplewood.
Depending on everyones energy level I have planned a a 7 mile bike ride. It is possible that I will die while on this trip, so make sure someone other than me has a cell phone on them, but since GeoPierce wants to do a harder core trip and not take my advice, we shall give it a try. I have changed my plan slightly, we will start and stop at the Target (point one below), which is located on/near the corner of Hiway 36 and McKnight in Maplewood. The location for this is 45.01381,-93.00809 or 45 00.82860, -93 00.48540 (aprox). There is a restaurant called the "Tap N Grill" Spelling? that we had a weeknight cache meetup at a few months ago, that should be fine for an after refreshment. (a taco johns and some other various food stuffs is near by for anyone wanting to eat prior to the trip).

Here is the trip in general, I took a few steps out, I still think this will be challenging, so bring water, you'll want it.


CLICK HERE to download the GPX file for the locations we will be visiting, please note that the following caches (GCTMKB (Monk), GCTMP8 (Binary Blunders)) are puzzle caches and require you to solve a puzzle prior to the event..I'm available for help if needed.

Below you will find step by step instructions as to my planned course of attack:

We start by going south on McKnight to "(GCTMKB) Monk" a 0.5 mile ride:


Next we ride 1.53 miles down County Rode B E to "(GCRX2R) Goose Poop Park Cache":


We then ride 0.9 miles North on Hazelwood to "(GCNB8A) Mplwd LRT Trail 3":


We then ride 0.4 miles North on Hazelwood, and 0.4 miles east on County Road C E (17th ave) to "(GCNBEM) Tupperware Party at Hazelwood":


We then ride 1 mile East on County Road C E (17th ave) to both "(GCTMP8) Binary Blunders" and "(GCTRDT) Casey at the Bat":


We then ride 0.5 miles East on Shawnee to "(GCTR0F) OH CHUTE":


We then ride 0.9 miles East on Delaware Ave to "(GCV4RV) A Kuenkel Homer":


We wrap it up with a nice easy stroll back down McKnight 0.3 miles to the target/Tap N Grill parking lot: