Thursday July 21st

Today is day 32 of our ride. It was an 89 miler from Rochester, mn to la crosse, wi. The weather and humidity cooperated today as both were reasonable and made it enjoyable to be on the bike. We left Minnesota behind today which means I also said goodbye to Katy and Bridgette this morning. It was bright and early when we left and hope they both went back to bed for a couple of more hours sleep. It was great to see them and sad to leave them behind but we are starting to close in on the end of the 50 day adventure. In addition to crossing into Wisconsin we also crossed the Mississippi river. La Crosse bills itself as the west coast of Wisconsin. On arriving here we rode right through the downtown section to get to our hotel. Heavy traffic and I'm sure they are not used to seeing cyclists ride through town. Everyone gave us plenty of room and I didn't hear one honking horn.