Driving up 90/94 I have never experienced a weekday as I usually travel down this road on the weekends, but it was very nice and not busy. I had expected busier traffic, but that was not the case. I veered off onto 90 at the split, and headed for LaCrosse. My plan was to get through LaCrosse and then head up the Minnesota side of the river on Hwy 61 all the way to Hastings, and then take 55 north to home.
Just before LaCrosse I stopped at a small town called West Salem and got gas and a bite to eat. At the gas station they actually have a Coney Island hot dog stand, and I was able to get those at the time I went through, so I had three cheese coney's, or chili dog’s with cheese as they call them. They weren’t as good as Skyline, but they were pretty darn good. http://www.coneyislandhotdog.com/index.html
Once back on the road I crossed into Minnesota, and headed up hwy 61. I did stop a couple of places along the way for photo opportunities, but I made good time, and I was in Lake City by about 3pm. I then headed North through Red Wing, and at just outside of Red Wing I noticed some serious clouds in the sky ahead. I had to make a decision on the path home as I didn’t want to get wet and wanted to avoid the storms.
I decided to head up 61 to 371 which goes past Treasure Island Casino, and ends up in Hastings. From there I would take 55 to 52 and I would be home. I am glad I did that route, because the alternate would have gotten me very very wet from the looks of the clouds. I arrived home about 4:30 no worse for wear.
All told this final day I did 218.4 miles, and if I am doing the math correctly, the total mileage for the trip was 1876.2 miles. Not bad for a 25 year old bike, eh?
I will follow up this post with some final thoughts on the trip, and some analysis of mileage for the bike as I took meticulous notes to keep track of such things. I’ll probably post that in a week or so. Until then I guess.
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