West to the Mighty Mississippi

We started the day with a 3 1/2 hour shuttle to Trempealeau, Wisconsin on the shore of the Mississippi River.

We have seen so many of these perpetually attractive little towns.

This is about 351 miles south of the Origin of the Mississippi in Lake Itasca

The far shore is Minnesota

We headed south primarily on wooded trails

Had a variety of surfaces including 6 miles of rough gravel, that could remove temporary crowns in your teeth.

After getting through that we were back on beautiful wooded trails the paralleled the Mississippi. Some places we crossed part of the river,on roads maybe 2 feet above the water line.

Look at the center at the hillsides.

Imagine how many millions of years it took to carve its path

37 miles later we are in La Crosse.

Tomorrow onto Madison