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2004 Lake Pepin 3-Speed Tour 3 speeds, 2 days, 1 more reason your spouse will ask "What now?" By Jon Sharratt, Shirt-Tail Organizer. The second Lake Pepin 3-Speed Tour came off without a hitch! Surprisingly little rain but plenty of English mist added up to perfect 3-speed weather. The mechanical failures amounted to Terry “Flat Tire” Osell with his annual puncture and me with a Loose Wingnut but I’ve been called worse. The Bay City Hill was a challenge and everyone made it to the top; some walking, some riding but the backside was true relief with a 35 mph breeze in your face and a breathtaking view at the wayside at the bottom. The Smiling Pelican Bake Shop survived the barrage of hungry Tourists and we enjoyed decorating their garden with rusty English Iron and little droplets of Sturmey oil. Saturday lunch was a treat at the Pickle Factory in Pepin, or some of us back-markers (Ron, Dave, Noel, Melanie and I) found hearty fare at the Star Café in Stockholm. Steamboat Lanes was a pleasant surprise with a special purchase of Bass Ale for thirsty English Tourists and a very good menu. Some of us stayed for open bowling after dinner and the, uh, clown shoes were certainly interesting especially when they turned on the black light. The Eagle’s Nest coffee shop provided a hearty breakfast of French (Gasp!) Toast to fuel everyone on through Read’s Landing and into Lake City. Undocumented markers at the Lake City pier were discovered and may appear in the TourBook next year. The Chickadee Cottage Tea room served buckets of hot English tea and scones to the Riders in the Mist. Some of us lingered to chat with a gaggle of Red Hat Society ladies that trundled in and there I was; one of the back-markers again. We (Ron, Dave, Richard, Melanie and I) pushed on to the next rest stop and found another undocumented marker and we were still within the Lake City limits. The tailwind seemed to strengthen as we moved on to the French Trading Posts on Lake Pepin marker. It was a unanimous decision to press on through the Old Frontenac optional loop and I must say it seemed like a page from the turn of the last century. It was well worth the time as we found Manypenny Avenue and a stone fence that looked to be from 1840s New England. We also found little cottages, picket fences and a quiet tone that was a welcome respite from busy Highway 61. We hated to leave that treasured spot but even back-markers have to move on. We skipped the alternate route to the top of the bluffs on County 2 and 5 but vowed to try it next year. As we approached Red Wing the sky darkened and we had moderate rain for the final leg of the journey. www.3speedtour.com _____________________________________________________________________________ Date(s): May 22, 2004. Album by Jon Sharratt. Photos by Jon Sharratt. 1 - 115 of 115 Total. 12349 Visits.
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1 Our hero Noel Robinson 2 Group Photo 1 3 Group Photo 2 4 Group Photo 3 5 Assembling Tourbooks "Jon: Noel and I had such a good tim..." View Comments... 6 Folding Tourbooks 7 Steve Meier wins the print 8 Bow and Arrow Historic Marker 9 Up the Bay City Hill! 10 Melanie at the Wayside "are those moustache bars or pullback..." "Or perhaps English touring?In keepin..." "And what is that device near the cen..." "The handlebars on the right are know..." View Comments... 11 Moulton Riders Jon, Dave, Melanie, Ron 12 Moulton Riders 2 "I like the basket on the back of the..." "Extremely useful; lots of room for a..." View Comments... 13 Carradice Baggers 14 Lake Pepin Historic Marker 15 John and Scot "those look like cork grips on scott'..." View Comments... 16 Jon with Moulton classic 17 Perfect Formation 1 "Of course to be REALLY English the r..." View Comments... 18 Perfect Formation 2 19 Almond Muffin and Banana Pie 20 Invaders of the Garden At the Smiling Pelican bake shop in Maiden Rock WI. 21 Orchard Ladder "So what kind of fruit does that tree..." View Comments... 22 Dave at Chestnut Street Maiden Rock WI "Nice sweater!But is it British?Hmm." View Comments... 23 Lake View OTW 24 Dave and Melanie pass the sign 25 Quiet roads, wide shoulders 26 Distant Riders "What more can be said the photo spea..." View Comments... 27 Melanie and Dave in the distance 28 Melanie and Dave in the distance 2 29 Melanie and Dave by the bluffs 30 Bluffs and lake as far as you can see 31 Mist in the distance Point-No-Point is on the left. Or is it? 32 View upstream 33 Ron wanders by 34 Ron by the bluffs 35 Big barge close to the MN side 36 Ron up ahead 37 Melanie with 3-speeds Note the barge in the background. 38 Melanie taking a break 39 Noel by the bluffs 40 Amazing scenery 41 Maiden Rock historic marker 42 Moulton found in the ditch 43 Cycling past Maiden Rock 1 44 Cycling past Maiden Rock 2 45 Cycling past Maiden Rock 3 46 Cycling past Maiden Rock 4 Noel, Ron, Melanie, Dave. 47 Moulton squadron at the Fort St. Antoine marker 48 Lake Views 49 Moulton Formation 2 50 Melanie, Jon, Ron 51 Ron, Noel, Jon, Dave at the undocumented scenic overlook. 52 Pepin Depot Museum 53 Chippewa River crossing 1 54 Swallows at Chippewa River 55 Approaching Nelson WI 56 Crossing the Mississippi coming into Wabasha at the end of the day. 57 Banquet at Steamboat Lanes 1 58 Banquet at Steamboat Lanes 2 59 English cycling shoes 60 Jon, Melanie, Dave, Ron 61 Black light effects 62 Ron won 63 A Very Old Fish Story at Lake City MN 64 At the Lake City Pier 65 Downstream from Lake City 66 Lake Pepin with Dunelt 67 At the Chickadee Cottage Tea Room 68 Red Hat ladies 69 French Trading Posts marker 70 Richard Booth 71 On the road to Old Frontenac 1 72 On the road to Old Frontenac 2 73 Moulton at Old Frontenac 74 Jon at Old Frontenac 75 Richard Booth OTW 76 Melanie at Villa Maria in Old Frontenac 77 Moulton in the distance 78 Dave crossing Manypenny Ave 79 By the wall 80 Richard's Raleigh Lenton 81 Moultons classic and chrome deluxe 82 By the wall 2 83 Down Manypenny Avenue 84 Lenton by the wall 85 Jon's Moulton classic 86 Ron's Moulton 4-speed 87 The corner of Manypenny Ave and Burr Oak Ln 88 Melanie OTW 89 Ron Grogg OTW 90 Ron is going through pastry withdrawl "Perhaps a bearclaw would help easa t..." View Comments... 91 Richard spots an Eagle OK, maybe it was a bakery... 92 Lauterwasser bars, swan neck stem, hand stitched grips "Lauterwasser bars ? Swan neck stem?H..." "Those are beautiful bars AND levers...." View Comments... 93 Leaving Old Frontenac 94 Mark Stonich w Raleigh Sports 'Bent "Very interesting bicycle what brand ..." "The bag is indeed a Baycliff, one of..." View Comments... 95 Jane Stonich & her Stonich Mixte "may i presume you put this together ..." "may I presume you put this together ..." "It is the 1st frame I ever built, ba..." View Comments... 96 Kevin MacAfee w Merlin 97 Larry Bontreger with his Dunelt 98 Jon Sharratt w "Morris Minor Green" Moulton "Sorry Richard, it ain't celeste" View Comments... 99 Jon Cameron and Robin Hood Sports 100 Scot McCollum & Raleigh Sports 101 Heroic Terry Osell with his Osell 102 Errol "Inch Pitch" McCollum and his Raleigh Lenton Sports "Dad you look slick!!!" "Errol you're bike looks fancy" View Comments... 103 Noel Robinson and his Phillips 104 Le Anne Eickhof and her Huffy Sportsman 105 Ron Storm and inverted 700c Raleigh Sports 106 Steve Maier and his JC Higgins 107 Ron Grogg and his Moulton 4 speed 108 Dana Siskind and her Raleigh Sports 109 Tom Majure fetching his repairs kit 110 Jim Kingsbury and his Gazelle Dutch Roadster 111 Dave Brierly and his Classic Armstrong 112 Gregg Richmann w his Raleigh Sports 113 Melanie Steinborn and her Chrome Moulton Deluxe 114 Jim Robinson with his Dunelt 115 Steve Kramer & Peggy Wilcox-Matched '63 Raleigh Sports
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