Turn around at the pump

I had a guest rider today and atmospheric conditions which yet again favored a ride to the south.

Darn, it is hard to get to the south without riding on new chip and seal.  We made our move by detouring quite a bit to the west using the UofM transitway and the Franklin Avenue bridge.

Shortly after crossing the bridge into Minneapolis we were riding on believe it or not Minneapolis Avenue when signs of fall started to pop up.

We didn't ride much farther after that, choosing to stay near the river.  We came upon this unique public water source on the river road parkway.

I went ahead and pumped it a few times but was getting mostly some squeaky handle action.  I tired of the exercise but the GRider jumped in and gave it a few more pumps and voila, water.

A passing Minneapolis resident offered the information that the pump worked fine but the water has to come from a fair distance down and more pumping than I (but not a combination of I and the GRider) had been willing to do is required to get wet.

He also stated that the water is quite good, which the GRider confirmed.