Leaving Winona started out with some low lying fog on the Mississippi River. It would have been beautiful if it was sunny, but that was yet to come as we got out of the valley and the sun dried it up.
At about mile 20 we had a rest stop at the Meyers' house. They are a family that lost a family member to lung cancer. Years ago when the Big Riders came through their town of Dakota, MN, they asked what the ride was for. Ever since they've been hosting a wonderful, all you can eat rest stop. They had us sign in and took our picture for the perpetual Big Ride photo album. They are a family with 11 children, all home schooled, ages 9-34. Their back yard has a beautiful flower garden and a large vegetable garden. They even supplied baggies so we could take carry-outs which surely beat PB&J. Thank you soooo much Meyers. I enjoyed the food all day.
The 66 mile day sounds short however once we got across the Mississippi River into Wisconsin we had to climb out of the valley followed by many rolling hills. Fortunately there wasn't any wind to contend with. As the day went on it became sunnier and much warmer, probably into the 80's.
LaCrosse, WI was the first town on the Wisconsin side with lots of traffic. After riding in the country for so long traffic can be very bothersome. At one red light I looked down and saw a bunch of dead fish flies. I didn't know they live in this area. Now I know I'm closer to home.
At mile 50 we began a steep 1.5 mile climb which took us into Amish country. I didn't see any horse and buggies on the road but I did notice that their horses are tied up to trees along the road for grazing. Also their haystacks are real haystacks as opposed to the machine created hay rolls. At a store parking lot in Viroqua there was horse and buggy, cars and Harley Davidsons all parked together. A different sight to see.
We camped at the Vernon County Fairgrounds and this time the restrooms were clean. Don't ask me how this happened but an older man drove over Andy's bike and completely totalled it. We're headed to Madison, WI tomorrow and he can get a replacement there but he'd much rather have his own bike. Thank goodness no one was hurt. Knowing that we have 100 miles the next day I packed it in a 8pm.
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