Jamie Thingelstad

Writer of The Weekly Thing. Explorer of tech, the open web, AI, and a good escape room. Minneapolis is home.

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On our bike ride today as we were rounding our way around Lake Harriet and coming home Tyler caught the edge of the trail and crashed on his bike, right in front of me. I then slammed on my brakes trying to not run into or over him and went completely over my handlebars. We both got scrapped up and are nursing some significant road rash. Both of our helmets will need to be replaced. Glad we are super consistent about wearing our helmets. But we are okay and will heal up just fine.

Middle-aged man in a blue patterned shirt and Apple Watch displaying a large bandage covering his elbow after a bike crash.

It was a perfect day for a 9.2 mile kayak down the Mississippi from Grand Rapids.

We were going with the current so you could paddle as much as you wished, and then take a break and still float right down the river.

Map showing a 9.2-mile kayak route along the Mississippi River southeast from Grand Rapids Minnesota past La Prairie. Two people in red life jackets kayaking on a calm tree-lined river, one taking a selfie wearing a green Minnesota Wild cap and sunglasses. Smiling child in a gray life jacket paddling an orange Wilderness kayak on a calm tree-lined stretch of the Mississippi River. Blond child in a red Qatar Airways shirt and life jacket sits in a blue kayak on the Mississippi River, smiling back at the camera Two people paddling a tandem orange kayak on a calm tree-lined river stretch of the Mississippi near Grand Rapids.