Day 11 was very interesting and frustrating. It started in the middle of the night when my 35 year old Thermarest sleeping pad finally called it quits. I reinflated it about every hour until I gave up at 4:00 a.m. and started looking on the computer for a sporting goods store near us. It was interesting trying to find bike paths and safe streets to ride on in Minneapolis to get from the KOA to Dick's. We dropped $256 on new sleeping pads for each of us, figuring that Cal's didn't have many days left to live either. Then we made our way through town and to the river. From there we were on bike trails beside the river, so we didn't get lost too many times. About 3:00 p.m. we decided it was time to look for a motel (no campgrounds in the area). The only thing close was Holiday Inn for $154 -- not including breakfast. It took us over an hour to find the hotel, so we weren't going to look any further. It is really hot here -- supposed to be 99 tomorrow and 100 the next day, so at least we are enjoying the air conditioning tonight.
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