Day 18 Winona, MN -> Hudson, Wi

Monday 8 August 2011. Day 4 Week 3

Once again Mother Nature threatened to rain us out but did not deliver the goods.
Instead we had cool weather with mostly cloudy skies to push our heavy bikes down the road. Just perfect.

With the cool weather we were able to maintain a reasonable 13.5 MPH pace.  It my seem slow but when you are running a bicycle that is loaded like a semi, 13.5 MPH is moving right along.
Early in the day we crossed into our 11th state of the tour, Wisconsin. This part of Wisconsin reminds me of Vermont with its small roads and dairy farms.  Just like Vermont, Wisconsin is famous for cheese.

All the towns we passed today were very small.  Most with populations of under 500 people.  We did come across a town with a porta-potty that seemed to have it all, including an ATM. How convenient.
Just like on most of this trip all our roads today were scenic and nearly traffic free.

104 Miles

4226 Feet of Climbing

Temperature 75-80 degrees

Forecast for Winona:
Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Widespread fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph


Looks like the team is ready to cross the Mississippi again into Wisconsin.  There are some hills along the river, look for the "climbing" number to be a little higher today.