fun with t and t
taking a break in hastings, mn at a coffee shop
sarah's out!
sleepy pedalers
alisa gets the first flat...on her "flat proof" tires
had to change the flat tire near the oil refinery in hastings....whoops
looking for the puncture in the tube
consulting a map to see if we really have to go up Mt. Minnesota...
unfortunately, we do...
YIKES!
oh, but we are all powerful. and triumphant. and amazing. and we walked a good portion...
but there was a pretty little sunflower to make us feel better on the way up to the summit!
yay for red wing. the cutest town ever.
betsy stretches. sarah calls our contact.
pastor karen! put us up in a hotel AND gave us a grand tour of old town red wing.
Pastor Karen's church in Red Wing. Really beautiful stained glass!
oh the glorious Hanisch bakery...mmmm
historic downtown red wing
sarah's ready to roll...long john in hand!
a beautiful morning on the docks of the mississippi in red wing
interesting duo
red wing foggy morning
betsy and alisa with a pretty river view
the red wing train station
enjoying a foggy early morning before leaving red wing, mn
we bought some DELICIOUS donuts at the local bakery in red wing
betsy enjoying her custard filled long john
alisa and her yummy chocolate donut
yum. we went to a great bakery and ate near the river.
red wing amtrak station.
hello wisconsin
wisconsin, here we come.
lake pepin, along cty. 35 in wisconsin
taking a break to take in the splendor of Lake Pepin
bluffs and pedalers meet
Paul Bunyon, is that you?
checking out the wi state map
bluffs
looks like we forgot to feed alisa again.
alisa with the sexy yellow vest...we wear this when we are on busy roads, or if it is foggy or rainy
admiring the view of lake pepin
one of our rest stops in wisconsin
alma....small town with eccentric people
clever cafe sign
view from the bluffs in alma
the view from the bluffs in alma, wi
the lock and dam in alma, wi
Overlooking Alma, WI from the top of a bluff
Alma's lock and dam
panoramic view of ole miss
the three of us with our fun host, tom brakke!
over there is minnesota
our hosts, the brakke family
the staple thinger that caused alisa's second flat
taking a break in trempeleau, wi
beautiful old bridge on the bike trail
here we are!
the river was so still...until we started biking again. darn that wind.
a gorgeous place to lunch
alisa sleeping on a picnic table. how does she do it?!
betsy and her bum knee...
leaving prairie du chien. a beautiful sunrise before the rains that ensued.
our 2nd flat tire of the journey
oh boy do we love orchards and caramel apples!
we love it so much we take bad pictures of it!
stopped at ecker apple farms for a treat
nice bike trail from trempelau to la crosse
arrival in la crosse, biggest city since mpls
trail we took into la crosse
playing cards with greg, our host in lacrosse, wi
drinking beers and playing cards with our host greg in la crosse
greg and his parents, thanks for letting us stay with you!
prairie du chien, second oldest community since 1673
our host, marcia, ready to come along on the ride
betsy's first flat on a rainy cold day.
preparing for a rainy ride
can you see the hill behind us? and the clouds in the sky? that's what it was like all day
one of the many cows we've seen along the way
lovers lane
sarah is a smurf when it rains!
haha. this made my day!
our makeshift iowa photo. we couldn't get a photo as we crossed because it was a little too dangerous
dubuque, most of our time was spent inside the holiday inn
crossing into illinois
downtown dubuque
leaving dubuque
dubuque, ia
look at these lovely ladies!
welcome to illino. not sure what happened to illinoIS.
the river
eating lunch
dirty legs after a day of riding in the rain
another darn hill...with construction
galena is a small town in a deep valley...so think big hills to get up into it and great hills to get out of it.
walking up yet another giant hill
a historic old house in galena, il
a cool viewing tower...it was closed so we couldn't climb it, but we probably wouldn't have been able to anyway, too much work on the legs
pretty views when biking through illinois
check out this sign
ice cream time!!!
arrival in thomson,il
first things first: ice cream
black forest cake sundaes at bear's in thomson, IL
banana split!
maintenance on our bikes at the river campsite
we couldn't have asked for a prettier campsite
watching the sunset as we dined with the pelicans
hooray sunset
from our campsite in the causeway
where does the sky and land begin?
me in a cornfield
walking to see the hopewell burial mounds near albany, il
sam, along with our friends from QCBC, barb, roger and dick
sam from the ice cream shop in hampton, il
riding on the bike trail
cyclists from the quad cities rode with us for awhile, thanks dick and roger
the three of us with roger
following dick to bettendorf
being crazy with the camera
dick is that speck of yellow way ahead of us...he's pretty speedy!
entering the quad cities
kind of a scary bridge to bike across...it rattled a lot
thanks dick, for the escort to 18th st.
bettendorf, one of the quad cities
cousin katy and alisa
looking west from the mississippi river on our beautiful boat ride
a cool bridge in savanna, il
beautiful sunset from our campground in thomson, il
crazy betsy
cool betsy
sexy sarah
this bridge reminded me of the golden gate
sunset from the boat
on alisa's aunt and uncle's boat, hat trick.
livin the life
