Sunday June 28th - Evening

Today I discovered something worse than a cattle truck. In Iowa they have pig trucks:-O I am so thankful that I had my new full face shield helmet on. Whooooeeee. I have to do a little washing on it. Whooeee what a smell.

I just pulled into my camping spot for tonight, 4pm. I road 343 miles, no rain. Absolutely gorgeous scenery all day. I am at LaCrosse, Wisconsin. I am literaly 5 feet from the Mississippi river. I am camping in a hardwood grove that is beautiful and a nice breeze and not a bug one, so far:-) They have showers, so no Handi-Wipe job tonight. It is so comfortable here I should get in quite a bit of reading and writing.

My GPS started acting up a bit this afternoon when it began to get warm. I took it in with me when I bought a diet Pepsi and set it inside the cooler where they keep the pop. The old lady that was tending the store saw me do it, came over to see what I was doing. I said " my GPS starts acting weird when he gets hot". She said, "why do you call it a he?" I said, " I have this friend who talks like that about computers and I guess I picked it up from him". She said, " You should say she, no he". "Why" I said? "This thing keeps you from getting lost doesn't it?" I said "yes". "When you ride with your wife, doesn't she do that?" I said, "Yes". " I rest my case!" she said. So, I have named my GPS Patty. Even talked to her today.

I just went skinny dipping in the Mississippi river at LaCrosse, Wisconsin. How many people do you know can say that:-) I wanted to do something like in "Wild Hogs".

Went walking on a trail along the river earlier and saw a big bald Eagle roosting in a tree. He was only about a dozen feet off of the ground looking out into the water. I got really close to him before he saw me and flew off.