{"id":318,"date":"2015-05-28T17:26:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T21:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/?p=318"},"modified":"2015-05-28T17:26:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T21:26:42","slug":"day-26-erskine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/acrosscanada\/2015\/05\/28\/day-26-erskine\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 25 – Bena"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 25 \u2013 Bena, Minnesota (Tuesday, May 26, 2015)<\/p>\n

I left Lakeside Campground in Erskine around 7am.<\/p>\n

I picked up bits of breakfast along the way, muffins and stuff. It was not very satisfying but it held me over.<\/p>\n

I had lunch at McDonald’s in Bemidji. I am still concerned about keeping my system running smoothly. One thing that I can say about McDonalds is that I have never suspected that the food has been “bad”.<\/p>\n

I was entering the national forest at\u00a0Cass Lake and a girl at the checkout counter recommended a restaurant and campground in Bena. I am finding recommendations by locals ahead of where I want to stop are more reliable than maps or the internet.<\/p>\n

The forest was a nice change from the long stretch of treeless prairie. I found the smell of the conifers (I think especially the pine) especially beautiful. But the land was still essentially flat and height of the trees unimpressive. \u00a0 I believe the other attraction of the National Forests were the lakes and the associated fishing. The lakes were all low lying and I imagine, in keeping with the geography, quite shallow.<\/p>\n

I had supper just west of Bena at a recommended place called Big Fish. It was a very friendly, inclusive place. Whoever entered was thoroughly greeted and brought into conversations. This was generally lead by the bar tender with a big booming voice and an infectious laugh (he may also been the owner.). I struck up a conversation with a Ornithologist who had just severed his Achilles and was wearing a special boot. The restricted mobility resulted in a blood clot that nearly killed him. My own issues with Achilles issues peaked my interest. Fortunately cycling seems to be good therapy.<\/p>\n

I camped at Winnie’s General store in Bena. Not a bad little place. They had a good spot for tents and seem to have had other cyclists pass by.<\/p>\n

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The general store (and campground) in Bena.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 25 \u2013 Bena, Minnesota (Tuesday, May 26, 2015) I left Lakeside Campground in Erskine around 7am. I picked up bits of breakfast along the way, muffins and stuff. It was not very satisfying but it held me over. I had lunch at McDonald’s in Bemidji. I am still concerned about keeping my system running … Continue reading Day 25 – Bena<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyclingtour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/acrosscanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/acrosscanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/acrosscanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/acrosscanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/acrosscanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/acrosscanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/acrosscanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/acrosscanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/acrosscanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}