A nice early cool start and enough miles to get me back on schedule made up yesterday’s low mileage.
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I crossed the Mississippi River on a tall and narrow grate bridge.
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I found a nice coffee cafe on the river bank and stopped in for breakfast.
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There are more hills in the miles now.
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Monona City Park is where I’ll sleep tonight.
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