Sparta to Reedsburg – 60+ miles
Average speed – TBA
Bob, Our Host
We camped for the first time last night in the backyard of Bob and Kathy. The weather was ideal and the experience brought back memories of the last time that I had camped on Put-in-Bay. We had done a weekend tour to the [...]

Winona MN to Sparta WI - 61 miles
Average Speed - 10.6 mph
Good intentions pave the road to hell and our road is golden. We didn’t leave again until after 8. Some days we just don’t move too quickly. We went to downtown Winona where we thought we might get a glimpse of [...]

Red Wing to Winona - 69 miles
Average speed - 11.1
Our Pleasant Dinner Last Night
We stayed at the Parkway Motel and had to use the lobby to get a wi-fi connection. The smell of curry wafted from the owner’s residence, connected to the office. We mentioned how wonderful the food smelled and he asked [...]

Minneapolis to Red Wing – 57 miles
Average Speed – 9.8 mph
We had a fabulous visit with Christine and Mitch and really appreciated their hospitality, especially since it came with a nice comfy bed and good pillows. I forgot to get photos last night, so Mitch is absent as we figured it better not to [...]

Winsted to Minneapolis - 51 miles
Average Speed - 10.2 mph
We didn’t notice how smoky the room was last night, most likely because we smelled far worse than the room when we arrived. But, the stench made it difficult for me to sleep. We got out of there early as today was a very [...]

Clara City to Winsted - 70 miles
Average speed - 10.2 mph

The storms raged all last night, but at least we weren’t in the tent, which at one point seemed our only option. At 4 am, the lightening continued, so I wasn’t sure if we would be free of rain by the time we got [...]

Ortonville to Clara City – 66.66 miles
Average Speed – 11 mph
We reconsidered our original route plan after receiving advice from the locals. We don’t know if we made a good decision or not. The first person told us to continue on US 12 because even though it had no shoulder, it had little [...]

We are at the library right now, but have limited time on the computer.
Posts should be available tomorrow.
We are currently just a day out of Minneapolis.
Stay tuned

Webster SD to Ortonville MN - 58.5 miles
Average Speed -13.5 mph
Last night at dinner we had a piano player who specialized in songs from our parents’ time. Robert thought they were more from our grandparents’ era. Although it wasn’t a sing-along, there were several people who went to the piano and sang without [...]

Aberdeen to Webster - 52 miles
Average Speed – 14.4 mph
In Search of Breakfast
We had a late and filling dinner last night, so the plan was to get in a few miles and stop for breakfast. From looking at our map, we noticed the town of Andover, which seemed to be the same size [...]