This morning we fueled up at Jordies Trail Side Cafe. As much eggs, pancakes, french toast, fresh fruit, potatoes, biscuits and gravy, bacon, sausage and orange juice as you want for $7. Needless to say, we only ate breakfast and dinner today!
After breakfast we took a little detour to go see the Mississippi River and look for some "cross rocks". Yesterday Jordie told me that people like to look for these rocks that are found in this area any only a few other places. Of course I was game! I have been picking up a few small rocks in each state we have riden through and this seemed like the perfect Minnesota rock.
We had another pleasant day of riding. There are so many birds here and we were happy to see a bluejay and two sandhill cranes. It really shows how far we have come!
One thing that has surprised me were the number of factory turkey and chicken farms. They are everywhere. And if you can't see it you can definitely smell it. Seeing the "farms" first hand really makes you want to find a farmer raising free range chickens. These birds are stuffed into big metal building with little or no windows. The ones with windows have birds squished by them in hopes of getting some fresh air and sunlight. The smell makes your stomach turn.
Tonight we stopped in Dalbo. We had heard rumors "the bunkhouse", and wanted to check it out. I don't think we could have dreamed up how incredible this place is! Beds, a shower, food, drinks, a tv, comfy chairs and tons of cycling info! Minnesota just got even better! Our hosts, Donn and Sherry, made us feel right at home. And to top it all off, Donn showed us an alternate route into Minneapolis which will take us there tomorrow! Our original route was going to take us two days.
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I love and miss MN. Glad you are enjoying it.
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