June 24 & 25. Day 11 & 12. Friday/We did a lot of pushing uphill today. We only made 32 miles. Made it to lansing at around 2:00 which as slow as we had been traveling, we thought it too late to push on the Brownsville. Looked around for a room, tried calling a couple different b&bs but they were all booked. Only place we could find a room was above a tavern. It was not the best room. The bed sagged in the middle, no ac and the rowdy drunks woke us up in the night. We did manage to get an early start because we wanted to get out of there. We decided to take the great river road along the west side of the Mississippi. Crossed into minnesota at new albin. Stopped for a late breakfast in Brownsville at the copper penny. We pushed on to la crescent and got off map route to stay on rte 61 to avoid excessive hills. Pushed onto Winona and ended up getting a motel because of rain.
There goes the budget. Rode 61 miles today.