No cramps or nightmares in the tent. I think I’m actually sleeping better in the tent these days than in a motel room, at least when the raccoons aren’t harassing me.

I woke up to this incredible sunrise.

I got on the road early and was cruising right along most of the day. One person at a convenience store said I was moving pretty fast – she had apparently clocked me at 15 MPH. Not really that fast, but it’s better than 14. I got this picture of a train cause trains have been so much a part of this trip. Almost everywhere I’ve been there has been an active railroad nearby.

I finally got off the fairly busy Great River Road, Wisconsin Route 35 and onto Wisconsin’s Great River Road Bicycle trail. This is a rail-trail that is dirt/gravel. I much prefer it to asphalt rail-trails that often have expansion cracks every 20 feet. I don’t know how it would work out on a wet day, though. Still it often has the rail-trail problem of limited visibility due to brush and trees lining much of the route.

I’m camping at a walk in DNR campground just south of Sparta, WI that you can only access from the rail-trail. No car campers or RVs here. When I called they said all the sites, except the group site was reserved. At first they were going to put me in an overflow area, but then they decided to give me the group site at the non-group rate. Irene was very nice and really worked to take care of me.

78 miles crossed today for a total of 2252.