7/31 Today we biked down the Mississippi River from La Crosse to Prairie du Chein, then turned east and made it to Fennimore for a whopping 88 miles. We woke up in La Crosse outside the Walmart, where we ate a fresh breakfast of bagels, OJ and fruit. We sped through our first 33 miles to Sugar Creek Park where we had a big lunch and continued on our way. Twenty-three miles later in Prairie du Chien we visited the historic St. Feriole Island Park, where we discovered that Prairie du Chein was founded in 1673! After a warm swim in the Mississippi and a quick second lunch we began a climb eastward and entered the rolling hills of Wisconsin, ending the day with traditional Friday fish fry at a friendly local restaurant in Fennimore.
