When did they do that?

Great ride today.  Tough to get everyone together on a holiday weekend, no worries . . . just ride a couple of times with a couple of groups and when they all need to go (read: wimp out), just keep on ridin'
Since I was alone, I thought it time to ride some gravel.
After the mandatory coffee stop at the Mocha Moose, I continued down ole scenic 61 to Knife River.  At the railroad bridge one can hop on the Old North Shore Road.  This is a particularly  scenic stretch of gravel . . . almost all the way back to Duluth.
After about 6 miles of minding my own business . . .  I notice a bit of a change at a bridge crossing . . . no worries thought Rich . . . I'm sure they just changed the barriers . . .   (ahh . . . my favorite phrase: "minding my own business")

oops . . . maybe they took the bridge out?

No worries, just a scenic water crossing!

It was a bit of a tough climb up and out:

No worries . . . home in plenty of time to take Claire to march in the Duluth Memorial Day parade.

It was by the way, a perfectly good bridge . . .

Tomorrow:  The Other Side of Nowhere:  Adventures in Big Bend National Park