{"id":15659,"date":"2018-06-20T08:51:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wohutravels.us\/?p=15659"},"modified":"2019-03-26T09:49:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T14:49:20","slug":"day-3-elroy-lacrosse-60-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/?p=15659","title":{"rendered":"Day 3, Elroy &ndash; LaCrosse, 60 miles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/01-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"01\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/01_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"01\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MJ girds her loins for a BIG day\u2026with artichoke frittata and rhubarb crisp served up by hostess Debra.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/02-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"02\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/02_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"02\" width=\"1004\" height=\"589\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deb and her little Yorkie Pickles waved goodbye as we rode down the hill from the Trail\u2019s Gate Inn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/03-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"03\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/03_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"03\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wet but scenic was the theme for the day. We headed out in a drizzle which lasted several hours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/04-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"04\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/04_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"04\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What is this all about!? Made us think of our friend Gail!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/05-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"05\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/05_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"05\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of many bridge crossings, over the Baraboo, Kickapoo and La Crosse rivers today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/06-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"06\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/06_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"06\" width=\"1004\" height=\"471\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our first trail town was Kendall, with a historic depot. The trails are on old railroad right of ways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/07-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"07\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/07_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"07\" width=\"1004\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parts of southwest Wisconsin have large Amish populations. Don\u2019t scare the horses!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/08-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"08\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/08_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"08\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>EmJay alerts Rick to one of many \u201cwidow-makers\u201d across the trail, caused by the recent storms. Rick nearly hit one near Tunnel Campground\u2026which would have ended our trip. Luckily he listened to Wifey when she said \u201cTree!!! Tree down!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/09-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"09\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/09_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"09\" width=\"1004\" height=\"472\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Elroy-Sparta bike trail runs 32 miles and is famous for its three tunnels. Tunnel #1!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/10-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/10_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"1004\" height=\"598\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/11-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/11_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"1004\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crossing over County M near Wilton. You can see the wet condition of the trail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/12-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"12\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/12_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"12\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friendly welcome station in Wilton!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/13-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"13\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/13_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"13\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yech! And we are doing this for fun?! MJ\u2019s bike is not a touring bike, and has no fenders. And it shows!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"14\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh my!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/15-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"15\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/15_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"15\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MJ pauses by a little waterfall just before Tunnel #2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/16-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/16_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"16\" width=\"1004\" height=\"671\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every town needs to be famous for something!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/17-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/17_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"17\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We saw a big red DNR pickup truck coming down the trail, and we greeted Ranger Jane and had a big chat. She was out checking the trail conditions after the rain and storms. Turns out Ranger Jane got her conservation start in Wisconsin as an intern with The Nature Conservancy in the early 1980s! She had worked with Emily Earley, John and Olive Thomson, Donald Kindschi, Lori Otto and other legendary volunteer conservation leaders. Jane was a little shy and didn\u2019t want to be photographed, but she happily photographed us!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"18\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"18\" width=\"999\" height=\"516\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These tunnels are DARK, and wet! You need a light to get through. In one side\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/19-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"19\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/19_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"19\" width=\"1004\" height=\"557\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026and out the other!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U8hIONzwC3A?rel=0\" width=\"760\" height=\"515\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"20\" width=\"1004\" height=\"514\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is some of the fine Driftless Area sandstone that is now being mined for fracking operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/21-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"21\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/21_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"21\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see how soft it is and how it lends itself to defacing and graffiti.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/22-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/22_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"22\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here we are crossing over Interstate 90 near Sparta.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/23-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/23_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"23\" width=\"1004\" height=\"684\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>YeeHaw! This marks the end of our first trail today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/24-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/24_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"24\" width=\"1004\" height=\"670\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MJ\u2019s bike is very gritty and dirty. Tough cookie!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/25-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"25\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/25_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"25\" width=\"1004\" height=\"537\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy sigh. The day has improved; MJ has removed her \u201cshower cap\u201d over the helmet to keep her head dry. No more rain! On either side of Sparta there were native prairie remnants along the trail. She\u2019s admiring one of her favorite plants, the hoary puccoon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/26-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"26\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/26_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"26\" width=\"1004\" height=\"613\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here they are up close. Also lots of spiderwort, baptisia, milkweeds. And dickcissels again!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/27-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"27\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/27_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"27\" width=\"1004\" height=\"584\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a quiz for you. Name the plant! Latin or common names accepted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"28\" width=\"1004\" height=\"713\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the big joys of a trip like this is meeting other \u201cthrough-riders.\u201d We had a lovely chat with Jennifer and Becky from Milwaukee. They had trained to St. Paul and were taking a week to bike back to Milwaukee, essentially on the same route we are taking. So we compared notes on track conditions, gear, places to eat. They have a great WordPress site here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeat15mph1.wordpress.com\"><span style=\"color: blue;\"><u><b><i>Life at 15 mph<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/29-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"29\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/29_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"29\" width=\"1004\" height=\"699\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are now on the La Crosse River trail. There are 4 connected trails that we will ride, making up a total of 101 trail miles. Here is a preserved metal truss bridge over the La Crosse River.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"30\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And at last! We have completed 60 miles for MJ\u2019s 60th, and we arrive at the Stoney Creek Inn in Onalaska, WI.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"31\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"31\" width=\"1004\" height=\"618\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We piled up our dirty gear to take to our room. And hey! They are giving us a suite because it is MJ\u2019s birthday!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/32-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/32_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"32\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The highly coveted Trail\u2019s End Room. Do you see a theme? Trail\u2019s Gate B and B? And now this? What lies ahead?!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/33-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"33\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/33_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"33\" width=\"1004\" height=\"659\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roomy, all amenities, and with a combo \u201cwestern and up north\u201d flair in the d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_CWXnENgi8?rel=0\" width=\"760\" height=\"515\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/34-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"34\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/34_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"34\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We celebrate the day down the road at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/35-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"35\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/35_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"35\" width=\"1004\" height=\"812\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t get away from the land trust thing! MVC does a nice job in the La Crosse area. There was a hiking trail behind the hotel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/36-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/36_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"36\" width=\"1004\" height=\"748\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are located on a hillside, overlooking the vast wetlands and riverbottom we just biked through!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MJ girds her loins for a BIG day\u2026with artichoke frittata and rhubarb crisp served up by hostess Debra. Deb and her little Yorkie Pickles waved goodbye as we rode down the hill from the Trail\u2019s Gate Inn. Wet but scenic was the theme for the day. We headed out in a drizzle which lasted several &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/?p=15659\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 3, Elroy &ndash; LaCrosse, 60 miles<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2018mjbdayride"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15659"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15863,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15659\/revisions\/15863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}