2000+ Along the Mississippi (Aug 31)

Late start out of the hotel after a big breakfast of pastry, coffee and orange juice. I did manage to get the tires switched out and replace another broken spoke on the rear wheel before leaving. I spent most of the day riding down the western side of the Mississippi River, never much more than a mile away and most of the time within a few hundred yards. Cloudy morning turning sunny later in the day. Followed the ACA route between the towns but straightened out the jogs with more direct roads where I could.

I called Anne from Winona at around 5 and she was cooking up a big meal from whatever wasn't being thrown out from the refrigerator. Some turkey other than me was the main course. The power was still out but she sounded chipper.

I was riding by a park in La Cressent at about 8pm thinking that it would be a good place to camp if it was a half hour later when my front tire went flat. So I pulled around and camped. I'll fix the tire in the morning.

Miles today: 96
Trip miles: 2075

Joe

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