Good coffee is a pleasure good friends are a treasure. ~ Sign at "The Perfect Cup" Coffee Shop

Monday, July 9, 2012
Travel Lodge, Worthington, Minnesota
Miles:  69  MPH:  12  Max:  24  Total:  1935

Can't wait to find out why they say, "Minnesota Nice!"

Falls over the Sioux River

Got a late start - spent a lot of time packing, unpacking, packing, unpacking, switching our new bags from bike to bike.   A quick detour to see the falls before leaving town and finally, we were on the road East.

Entered Minnesota --  only a small sign  -- no band or welcome committee!!  Oh well, perhaps Wisconsin will have a band to welcome us :-)

Mixed feelings as we said Good-bye to the Wild West!  We are glad to be getting closer to home but the West is a special place so glad we got to experience it from the seat of our bikes!

A much greener landscape with lots of corn and soy  beans filling the fields.  Windmills also dotted the rolling hills.  Jack mapped our route--due EAST..  I had us wondering up, down, up, down!!! It's the engineer in him--straight line! Actually it was a beautiful route--light traffic, smooth surface, rolling hills, through small towns, no turns, ---just perfect for the bike!  Just love the small towns and stops in the coffee shops!!

Landscape - corn, soy beans, and wind mills!

Many signs that we are further East.  We saw more police cars than we saw in our entire first half of the trip - at least 3 people were getting speeding tickets!  More signs of the East -- saw a taxi, saw a country club, folks honked at us to move out of the way, and we didn't feel safe running into WalMart and leaving our bikes with all our stuff!! 

If it's not RED, keep it in the SHED!!!!

Will dream about what Minnesota will bring!  Miss home greatly!!!  xoxox