On July 3rd, we went to Minneapolis to visit friends. It was a lovely day when we arrived. Warm for Minneapolis but perfect for us. We went out for walk with the dog with the goal of going downtown which was across the river from where we were. Melissa was leading the way and when we came to a bridge, she said I have always wanted to take this short cut across the river. It was a rail bridge with one track down the middle and lots of space on either side.. Melissa’s husband (a wise man) had always declined to do this with her.
It was a perfect day and we said why not. We were on Nicollet Island so the bride was not that wide. We got across easily. On the other side we were right next to the bike/walk trail which I had ridden a few times. The problem was that there was a tall chain link fence on either side of the tracks. Melissa thought there was an entrance to the tracks from the street or trail a block our two up. There wasn’t. In retrospect, it would have made no sense to have access to rail tracks in downtown Minneapolis except at a station.
So we had a choice to walk back across the rail bridge or figure out a way around the fence.
Thank goodness we found this gate with enough clearance to get underneath. Not exactly comfortable but the dust brushed right off and we went on with our walk. We did take the longer route back over the regular bridge.
Tamara Unleashed 