HALFWAY! - Mississippi River

Crossing the Mississippi River is that psychological halfway point of our journey. There are so many different ways of measuring. Car time, days, miles, number of mountains, etc.

We left J. & V.'s so early that we got to LaCrosse very early in the morning. We got strange stares from morning joggers as we unearthed our hot oatmeal in the slow cooker and brought out fruit and yogurt and hot coffee on the waterfront. And admiring stares for our yoga circle.

WE stared at Granddad's bluff right up the street from the Mississippi, which was just unbelievable. Especially as the fast moving rain cloud drove the crowds away. We admired interesting wild flowers and a 270degree view of LaCrosse and the mississippi.

Before we left Wisconsin we got into one quick last grocery store for wisconsin beer (brewed right in LaCrosse) and 10 year old cheddar. Sadly they only sold 3 year old cheddar.

It was the first time that any of us had seen any true prairie and we were facinated by the continually flattening landscape as we watched out the window of the car on our way into Kilan Woods state park, directly in a prairie across from a wind farm.

looks pretty flat, no?

Dinner was fried fresh veggies and bulgur with red lentils. You can't imagine campfire food this good!