Yesterday it was in the 90’s and today it is 50 degrees. And people say the weather in Oregon changes! We rode 40 miles today and are camped in Winona, Minnesota 10 feet from the Mississippi River. Tomorrow is our rest day and I may be wearing all the cloths that I brought to keep warm! I see they have canoe’s to rent. Maybe I will rent one and see if they would rent a fishing pole and see what they have in the Mississippi River to catch.  The last two days probably have been the most energy draining days of the trip for me. I was seriously all done in at the end of yesterday. But short day today after sleeping in until 7 am and a lazy afternoon in camp and I am feeling all refreshed and I still have all day tomorrow to sleep and read and maybe fish. I think I will live! Need to do a little tuning on my “shifter” tomorrow. The second and third lowest gear on my bicycle keep hoping around when I am pushing hard going uphill, and it is a major pain! Generally the bike is working good. Tweek seat height and angle constantly trying to find the perfect spot as well as my handle bar height hand angle, but decided that the change is what feels good. Lost some more weight in spite of eating like a horse. Down to 202 lbs from 225. My goal was 188 but I might keep on going down to 180 lbs. John’s wife, Marry Ann is flying in tomorrow and will be our support vehicle for a week. It will be nice to do some biking without that 60 extra lbs to lug around. We had talked a bit about Patty coming with her. It is a good thing she isn’t because I have been so tired I wouldn’t have been able to shake hands with her!! 🙂 well I will write some more tomorrow when it is warmer, I think it will be warmer! Love you all. Dee