“We're in Wisconsin! After cruising through Minnesota and
Iowa we crossed the Mississippi River yesterday afternoon and went out for
dinner in Mount Hope to celebrate our 9th state. Woohoo! We got our 15 minutes
of fame in Iowa; someone in the grocery store in St. Ansgar called the
newspaper and as we were sitting eating our lunch a reporter came over to take
pictures and ask us questions. We spent time exploring the cute little city of
Decorah while some bikes were in the shop and we had lunch at their co-op. The
scenery for the past few days has mostly been fields of genetically modified
corn and soybeans with cows and pig farms here and there, but eastern Iowa had
more trees and hills than we had expected. The people we've met have all been
incredibly kind and generous and we're far enough east now that people are
stunned when we say we started our ride from the Oregon Coast. Today we're
riding to Madison and we're excited to swim in Kiana's family's pool and sleep
on their floor. All is well here; we send our hellos and good wishes to
everyone back home!” -Julia, Trip LeaderFollow the trip
