Pedal On and On...: Day 32 - What a Difference a Day Makes

Rochester, MN to La Crosse, WI

Distance: 88 miles
Time: 6.25 hrs
Elevation Gain: 3,074 ft

It was a great day today!! The hot spell broke and we had great ridding weather. We had overcast skies most of the day with a slight breeze and the temperature never get above the mid 80's all day. The roads were in good condition as we traveled over rolling hills with a lot of twists and turns. We had several steep climbs, the longest being about a mile with 8 to 10% grades. We road by many corn a soybean fields, but the hills broke the fields into smaller sections with interesting landscape. There was many more trees and small woodland areas. There were farmhouses of all shapes and sizes along with silos for their corn and grain. At mile 50 we were routed off the roads and onto an 12 mile bike path that is part of the "Rails to Trails" program. The bike path went along a river, through dense woodland, and along the edges of corn fields, it was nice to get away from the roads for a while. At mile 83.5 we crossed the state line going into Wisconsin and at mile 84 we road over the Mississippi River and through downtown La Crosse were we stop for the night. Tomorrow we ride 91 miles to Wisconsin Dells with 34 miles on the Sparta "Rails to Trails" bike path.

Link to My GPS Route