After being sick the day before and knowing the dew point was to be in the 70s, I got an early start on the day. That was also helped by the fruitless attempts at sleep. Red Wing is a cute town. I recommend a visit. I do not recommend camping there. Trains every hour or more all night, and rocks being dumped into a metal container by 6 am. Good gawd!
Lake Pepin, where the Mississippi widens near Lake City
An eagle was hanging about in the area when I stopped for a brief feet/hands dip into the river.
A visit to the National Eagle Center in Wabasha allowed unprecedented proximity to eagles. I was in a glassed-in room with 4 eagles. Not glass between us. I was in the room with them.
We are solidly in bluff country. Many times we wound around bluffs, gently uphill and protected from the wind, then downhill on the shady side with a bit of wind.
Lock and Dam #5
The city of Winona took mercy on us on a hot-hot, muggy day and arranged for our dinner and music to be moved inside the Winona County Historical Society. Plus, we got to tour some of the exhibits.
After the $2.50 train fare, the next best decision of the trip was to share a hotel room in Winona. It's just too hot to try sleeping outside again. I promised my roommates I wouldn't post the photo of their bedtime yoga, though. ;)
Stats for the day:
69.16 miles
5:38:14 saddle time
12.26 mph avg
25.27 mph max
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