Sunday, July 23, 2006
Day 31
Winona to Viroqua, WI - 73 miles
We crossed the Mississippi River to enter Wisconsin, state number 7. Today we had some of the steepest climbing that we have had since the beginning. This area was never affected by the glaciers so all of the bumps are still there.
About mid day we were in Amish country with all of there farms, horse buggies and road apples. I spent some time talking with one Amish, John, who was loading a silo by hand. He explained the whole process of creating feed for his cows. His wife was out mowing their front lawn in a dress, bonnet and bare feet with a push mower.
I also stopped at a creamerie today and went through their tour. It was one that processed most of the local mike produced by the Amish farms.
We camped at a fair grounds in Viroqua and a local bike shop came out around 7pm. I think he was still working on bikes at 11pm!
We crossed the Mississippi River to enter Wisconsin, state number 7. Today we had some of the steepest climbing that we have had since the beginning. This area was never affected by the glaciers so all of the bumps are still there.
About mid day we were in Amish country with all of there farms, horse buggies and road apples. I spent some time talking with one Amish, John, who was loading a silo by hand. He explained the whole process of creating feed for his cows. His wife was out mowing their front lawn in a dress, bonnet and bare feet with a push mower.
I also stopped at a creamerie today and went through their tour. It was one that processed most of the local mike produced by the Amish farms.
We camped at a fair grounds in Viroqua and a local bike shop came out around 7pm. I think he was still working on bikes at 11pm!
