June 18 - Marquette, IA to La Crosse, WI (62 miles)

 Happy Birthday Julie!!  We are missing you😘

We finally arrived at the Mississippi river yesterday and now have some scenery besides corn!  

Both Jake and I are near full strength now and didn't have much of a struggle to complete the 62 miles today.  We passed by a lot of houses near the river on stilts, had 3 difficult climbs all of which totaled 2000 ft and also rode past a very large coal fired power plant.  This segment was really pleasant, but the final 10 miles coming into La Crosse was on a fairly busy highway.  

But we are here (La Crosse a nice city), feel good and have a rest day tomorrow.  The plan for our stay is to get a tune-up for Jake, get haircuts and explore the local craft beer scene.  Also, Iowa just went down!!

States Completed:

Maine

New Hampshire

Vermont

New York

Pennsylvania 

Ohio

Indiana

Illinois

Iowa - CHECK!!