Our route: Where we stayed overnight at Karen’s house.<\/p>\n Day 1 :: \u00a0Thurs. May 29 :: Madison, WI to Wonewoc, WI (59 mi)<\/strong><\/p>\n Breakfast and ride out of Lodi, WI to Baraboo for lunch then onto the 400 trail at Reedsburg. \u00a0Even got to ride a free ferry at Merrimac! Lunch at Quint’s<\/a>\u00a0showed us that Baraboo-ians are fond of sitting around the bar and chatting with tights wearing cyclists, nice folks. \u00a0 Route from Baraboo to Reedsburg was full of beautiful\u00a0back roads. \u00a0Later that night we\u00a0camped for free at Wonewoc at free campsite next to creepy pool full of dark water. \u00a0 Day 2 ::\u00a0Fri. May 30 :: Wonewoc, WI to LaCrosse, WI (69 mi)<\/strong><\/p>\n 400 trail to Elroy, where we hooked up with the Elroy-Sparta trail and commenced with the tunnels! \u00a0Trail became the LaCrosse trail into…LaCrosse, where we overnighted at a campsite just across the Mississippi from downtown. \u00a0Enjoyed dinner and some beverages at Bodega Brew Pub<\/a>.<\/p>\n Day 3\u00a0::\u00a0Sat. May 31 :: LaCrosse, WI to Preston, MN (63 mi)<\/strong><\/p>\n Breakfast in LaCrosse at Fayze’s<\/a>\u00a0then a nice break from the seemingly constant 3% grade of all those limestone trails in WI on some small roads into Houston, MN where we joined the Root River Trail. \u00a0Failed attempt (my spares weren’t long enough) to fix Frosty’s broken spoke at Houston trailhead gave Jeremy time to procure the perfect 6 pack cooler for the top of my rack, which afforded us lots of excellent chances to stop for beverages at some of the excellent trail side stops on the Root River Trail. \u00a0We even timed perfectly\u00a0a beer stop\u00a0during\u00a0a very brief heavy rain in a nice shelter with a roof.<\/p>\n Eventually made it to Lanesboro, which has a bike shop, that\u00a0fixed Frosty’s spoke. \u00a0A nice dinner, conveniently waiting out another rain, at Riverside on the Root<\/a>. \u00a0Finished up dinner, grabbed a 6 pack as an off-sale from at the last possible minute, and continued down the trail after dark, enjoying the open trail after dark. \u00a0 Camped for free under a shelter at the fairgrounds in Preston, MN.
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