Winona to Brownsville MN Day 52

DAY FIFTY-TWO Winona MN to Brownsville, MN [should have made IOWA]
Sept 30 Sunday D76.93 km M 41.1 A 15.1 PT 5h RT h total km

Wind pedaled pedaled pedaled into the wind all day… very exhauting
Temp Got up after it rained and thundered all night. Hot overnight [south wind]and very HUMID! Everything feels sticky
Road Condition We went off Hwy 61 onto CR 7 which went over hill and dail up up to a bluff with apple orchards much like Kelowna. The roads were all good. Day just seemed to go on and on and threat of rain all day.
Accommodation We arrived at Wildcat landing CG to find it had closed that day. There were showers but closed. No one around to talk to so we set up in a shelter and stayed the night. The outhouses were open. We had another thunderstorm which started right after a great supper and went on and off all night. We were right on the Mississippi river and watched the barges go by all night. The train was across the river and the whistles sounded very musical across the water.
Food: Breakfast usual
Lunch I had a subway veggie sand and Ken ordered veggie omlet [took 45min to come as the cook had quit] Interesting Truck Stop…. They were so busy that people were ordering meals and leaving before they were delivered because it was so long with 1 cook. I felt sorry for the waitress, but it didn’t seem to bother her.
Supper beans on toast and burgers… were really good as I made the fire! In the raised barbeque Lots of drift wood on the beach to make fire with. We were entertained by the fishermen going by and the barges of maybe coal.
Overall: Up and off by 8am… not usual but tent is dry. Had to make up 21km from yesterday as we stopped earlier than we anticipated and had not realized it was still 20km to go to the expected campsite. Oh well. Lots of spots where we could see that they had had “land-slides” down hill sides… one spot where a house was taken out between 2 others… lots of huge trees down… just uprooted.