Day 24: Bicycling Across America – near Lindstrom, MN

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Crossing the Mississippi River

Back to the busy roads again. A lot of people seem to be on the road because of the holiday. The shoulders have largely disappeared from the roads but still, the roads are plenty wide and cars give you lots of space.

Lots of old buildings in the countryside
Have we time warped to the 50’s? The chickens and other animals were running and playing all over their yard. When I stopped to take this picture, and few geese and turkeys came over to greet me.

I called around for a hotel room this afternoon on Osceola, WI and the cheapest place was $130 plus they wanted to charge me another $15 to keep my bicycle in the garage. Seriously? I decided to just pull over to the side of the road in a pine forest and camp there for free. If it weren’t for the mosquitoes and biting flies…… I set up my tent, quick as a bunny, then hid in it the rest of the evening.