Thursday, July 20, 2006
Day 30
Owatonna to Winona - 93 miles
Today started out nice and sunny, a lot different than yesterday. A group of us chose to begin the ride on the old route and change to the new route in Rochester. The old route was on highway 14 but the early morning traffic was not bad and the shoulders were wide and smooth.
In Rochester we rode past the Mayo Clinic as we went through the middle of town. A lot of old restored buildings and we also looked at the Ronald McDonald house which is next to the clinic.
At about 70 miles into the ride I stopped at a campground for water. The owner asked if I was interested in seeing her collection. It turned out to be 11 restored horse buggies and coaches from the late 1800 hundreds. They were all original and a story to go with each.
Our overnight is at the dorms of Winona State University. It was a nice surprise to have a dorm stay in the middle of our ride week.
