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Day 8: Nelson Dewey State Park to Grant River Rec Area, Potosi WI, 25 miles
Tweet Lingering in Cassville After a chilly start to the day, where I was wearing nearly everything I brought, including the rain pants for the first time, not for rain, but for stopping the chill wind, as well as the … Continue reading
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Day 7: Wyalusing State Park to Nelson Dewey State Park, Cassville WI, 35 miles
Tweet After a noisy evening (Wyalusing State Park was quite full, and I think I overheard there was also a Scout Jamboree going on), I was treated to a quiet morning. The new windscreen made a big difference in using … Continue reading
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Day 6: Blackhawk Rec Area, De Soto WI – Wyalusing SP, Bagley WI, 50 miles
Tweet A Blustery Day In addition to getting quite cold, yesterday’s wind neglected to calm down overnight. I’ve been wondering why it takes me so long to get going in the mornings; today I realized I spent 90 minutes trying … Continue reading
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Day 5: Perrot State Park, Trempealeau WI to Black Hawk Rec Area, De Soto WI, 55 miles
Tweet A Day of Suffering The day got off to an inauspicious start when Shaun & Julie’s dog “Maya” died overnight, and they went to a vet in the morning. Having just lost one of my dogs that way back … Continue reading
Tour Day 4: Merrick State Park, Fountain City WI to Perrot State Park, Trempealeau WI. 26 miles
Tweet It was a good day. I finally braved the sprinkles about 7:30AM. Merrick State Park Ranger Ron stopped by while I was cooking breakfast. He looked and sounded just like my Uncle Dave, but 60 years old and fit … Continue reading
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Tour Day 3: Frontenac State Park – Merrick State Park, Fountain City WI, 54 miles
Tweet Today was the stuff adventures are made of. After a leisurely breakfast of “expired” bacon (I should have been suspicious when the Marathon station only had one package, but I didn’t notice the “best by 9/15/2011” till this morning), fried … Continue reading
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Tour Day 2: Cottage Grove – Frontenac State Park, 55 miles
Tweet I rolled out at the crack of 10, give or take 35 minutes. I strongly suspected I’d forgotten something important, but was too choked up after photos with my folks to think about going back. It was quickly forgotten … Continue reading
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Tour Day 1: Minneapolis – Cottage Grove, MN
Tweet This morning began all-too-early; after getting only four hours sleep on move-out-Friday, my friends Lanny and DeAnn then hosted a fantastic going-away party till late into last night. We pushed the launch-party brunch at Aster Cafe back 45 minutes … Continue reading
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Aster Cafe at 10:45AM
Tweet The 10AM meetup at Aster Cafe has slipped back to 10:45AM. Sorry for the late notice; it was quite the party last night.
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Every New Beginning is Some Other New Beginning’s End
Tweet The open-ended tour begins now. Today Minneapolis, tomorrow the world.
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