Tray we rode 87 miles with 2950 feet of climbing. It was 65 at departure and 85 on arrival. It was overcast most of the day with rolling to flat terrain. The biggest news for today is that Barbara, our tour leaders wife fell while riding and had to go to the hospital via ambulance. I wasn't there when it happened but did hear that she was starting up a hill and her crank (pedal) came off. She is the 3rd person that's happened to. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
The good news is that she didn't break anything and other than being sore she's okay. What I really find amazing is that she doesn't have any road rash. What I've been told is that you need to tuck and roll.
Today we entered our 6th state, Wisconsin. The scenery so far has been nice. It's really great being on back roads and off the highway. The hardest thing we did today was a one mile climb at mile 65. Mike the tour leader said it was probably a 7% grade knowing full well it was 10%. I think most of us would have walked some of it 3 weeks ago, but today everyone made it.
Lots more corn and soybeans today. We are beginning to see more small towns than what we were used to in Wyoming and South Dakota, but that doesn't mean much. We did have a nice stop in Houston, MN. We stopped at a coffee shop called Barristas which had great smoothies, scones, and crossants. The locals were quite interested in our trip and my friend Mary and I were interviewed dor the local paper.
Coming into LaCrosse we passed over the Mississippi and saw a sign saying LaCrosse is the west coast of WI. Tomorrow we go another 92 miles.
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