Day 28 LaCrosse WI to Spring Green WI 104 miles 4585 ft

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It was already 72 degrees when I woke up at 4:30 and by the end of the day it was 95 and humid.  Today had a lot of steep climbs. I rode the first 10 miles, then took the van for the next 19 miles, then biked for 16 miles to lunch, back in the van for another 18 miles, and finished off the rest of the 40 miles into Spring Green WI. on the bike  There are three separate trips that make up the whole day. because I messed up with the Garmin. I'm going to get that Garmin 1030 working the way it should sooner or later. Maybe by October 2 I'll have it down. The scenery for the first part of the trip was fantastic  but the last part of the trip, about 20 miles, it was flat and not too appealing.  I enjoyed seeing all the old family run dairy farms. There were no cows but the fields still were being worked for hay, corn and soybeans.  I wondered what they did with the crops now.  There were several farms that had converted to chickens and only a couple of massive dairies. I suspect the same happened in Minnesota. I have noticed a lot more churches in Wisconsin than I did in Minnesota or maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention.  By the way Spring Green WI was the summer residence (Taliesin) of Frank Lloyd Wright. He also had a school here I believe.   They have a vistor's center and his summer residence.  Too tired to go and see it though.

Great morning view of the surrounding farms at the first rest stop
Breakfast on the roof of the hotel -- 72 degrees before
Sunrise  -- Great pancakes


I really enjoy the seeing these farms most would find it
boring



Tara making sure she gets the right shot of the church below


Church we stopped out to use their parklot for
snack and water renewal



Soybeans almost ready to harvest


corn almost ready to harvest 

You knew that had to be a barn

Model T? Model A?

Horse made of  scraps

15% grade -- I walked it!

Close up of the brick based barns

Now that harvesting corn!

















Wisconsin River

Total for me today 66.8 miles out of 104 and 1800 ft out of 4585 ft 

Sorry folks just the last 40 miles map and stats today. its just too confusing to include them all. I'll do better tomorrow








Departed:Sep 15, '18, 12:01PM
Starts in:Richland County, WI, US
Distance:39.6 mi
Elevation:+ 1085 / - 1473 ft
Max Grade
11.8 %
Avg. Grade
-0.1 %
VAM190 Vm/h
Ascent time01:44:23
Descent time01:26:46
Total Duration:03:48:51
Moving Time:03:11:09
Stopped Time:00:37:42
Calories:1136
Avg. Watts:99
Max Speed:30.7 mph
Avg. Speed:12.4 mph
Pace:00:05:46
Moving Pace:00:04:49



























Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 16, 2018 at 7:19 PM

    All these dairy farms and you didn’t stop to show ‘em how it was done back in the day? :)

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