On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:11:19 -0600, rw
wrote:



The walleye season opens in mid May. It's a hugely anticipated event in
Minnesota.


Do not try to leave the Minneapolis / St. Paul area, particularly for
the north, on the weekend of walleye opener unless you're a nerveless
driver and have great patience. The roads are filled and scary when
they're not just bumper to bumper at 5mph for 20 to 30 miles. They
then revert to bumper to bumper at 70 to 80 mph.

There's a small part of Fort Snelling State Park on the Minneapolis
side of the river (the larger part is on the other side of the river)
that's got paved trails and is pretty. There's a river pathway on the
St. Paul side that goes for something like 10 or 15 miles that I
believe is paved. I've only followed the unpaved part, but have
driven the road near it. Rather nice. There are paved paths all
around the main group of lakes in Minneapolis.

Minnehaha Creek would be a nice float if there would be anywhere
enough water in it. This year I doubt there will be.

There are very few trout streams within the greater metro area and I
believe they're all inaccessible by wheelchair.

A ride on the Jonathon Paddleford river boat can be surprizing to a
city person for the amount of semi-wild river valley it goes through.
It starts and ends at a dock on the river just opposite downtown St.
Paul. The river trail I mentioned above starts somewhere around there.
Harriet Island is the name of the spot, even though it's not been an
island since before I was born.
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