Bike With Me: Dakota Rail Regional Trail #1
The cache is not at these coordinates. But, this is where you should start your journey. This bike ride will take about two hours or so.
This is the next of the Hike/Bike with Me caches that I have started since moving to MN. Since most of my cache finds are done while exercising, I thought I would offer this delight to others. These caches will not necessarily be hard to find, but you will have to put some miles on the legs for them. So lace em up, grab some water, and come join the fun.
Totally, this bike ride will be about 26 miles. The bike ride will be an out and back ride, returning to the starting point from the way you came. The waypoints are all on trails, which can be accessed all year long. The final coordinates for the cache are placed in a winter friendly place just down the street from the starting point of the ride.
This paved trail follows what was once the corridor of the Dakota Rail through the towns of Wayzata, Orono, Minnetonka Beach, Spring Park, Mound, Minnetrista, St. Bonifacius, Mayer, New Germany and Lester Prairie. Wonderful lake views and scenery that changes from urban to rural make it worth a trip.
The final coordinates for the cache are placed in a winter friendly place just down the street from the starting point of the ride.
As for the stages ...
Fishy Bridge Sign: The second word on this sign has how many letters? Consider this A.
Spring Park Sign: How many words are listed under the waves? Consider this B.
Trail Distance Sign: How many miles is it to Wayzata? Consider this CD.5 miles
Share the Trail Sign: Use Safe what? How many letters does that word have? Consider this E.
Then: N44 58.CED W093 31.EBA
Hope you had a great ride. 
Earn the 75 and 150 mile Pathtag!
So far there have been 43 of these Hike/Bike/Run With Me Multi-caches - if you were to complete them all, you would have travelled more than 251 miles. Currently (July 2024), there are 38 active geocaches totaling 224+ miles (This includes four Hike With Me Adventure Labs). I wanted to give something to the geocachers who have "put a big dent" in trying to find these. So I created two pathtags for cachers who completed at least 75 and/or 150 miles while trying to get smileys on these caches. On each of the cache pages, I mention how long the travel should be for that cache. They vary from just a couple miles to a 25+ mile bike ride.
Here is a bookmark list of all of the caches.
So, take a look at your finds, add up the miles, and if you are more than 75 and/or 150 miles, let me know. You can either PM me, email me, or just grab me at an event. You do not have to show/prove anything to me about you qualifying. I will give you one if you say you have qualified.