Travel Blogs from La Crosse, United States
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Lots of Driving through traffic
Miles Driven: 454.1 Average Speed: 54.4 Time Elapsed: 8:44:25 Well, we finally made it. We hit some really nasty traffic in Chicago (what did we expect, it was a Friday afternoon on Labor day weekend), and lost a good hour from where we ...
We are going to see a little of Chicago....
Courtesy of Amtrak we will be staying at a hotel tonight in Chicago, included; taxi fare and $60.00 voucher for food! We will pulling into La Crosse station very shortly and arriving in Chicago this morning about 5:30AM. ...
durch Wisconsin einfach durchgefahren
Wir sind am späten Abend des 26.8. über den Mississipi gefahren und haben direkt am Fluß übernachtet. Dort gibt es ein Besucherzentrum. Sonst aber nichts interessantes als weiter. Immer geradeaus Richtung Westen. ...
La Crosse
La Crosse Das erste mal auf unserer Reise sehen wir den Mississippi...... wir hoffen, dass wir noch mehr von diesem Fluss sehen werden. Die letzten zwei Tage sind wir den Highway 90 entlang und somit dem Regen davon gefahren. Unsere Hintern machen ...
Home sweet Home
Well I made it home fine. I'll be signing off from the travelpod business for awhile (but alas... I will begin again soon enough... hopefully early or mid may!) Stay Tuned! Warmest regards, ~Jon Mader ...
I closed my eyes so he couldn't see me
So the USA leg of my trip is coming to an end and I'm now in the middle of a flat out sprint to Detroit. In an attempt to deliver my hire car back on time, I'm spending multiple hours behind the wheel.It's during one of these driving sessions the other ...
Highway Distractions
... destination or very occasionally learn German. Two hours later we crossed over the Mississippi River into Wisconsin and our destination of La Crosse. We checked into our hotel which was very cheap and included a pool, wifi, breakfast plus a complementary ...
Minnesota Institute of Arts, again
... back to touring the museum. It's a really big museum and I still had a lot of ground to cover. Even two days wasn't enough to do it justice. After leaving the museum I drove toward my next stop. I stopped in La Crosse, WI for the night. ...
La Crosse?
So after a full day of driving, we could only get to La Crosse Wisconsin (which is right before we cross the mighty Mississip). The day was filled with no hills and lots of corn. It's turning into very different terrain, it's great to see. Our most ...
Leaving tomorrow
I cant believe how fast the time flew by here. So laid back. Everything went smooth hooking up for the first time thanks to our neighbors. This is Jen signing off ...over and ...
Lunch on the Mississippi
... hardwood trees starting to turn more color - which we hadn't seen yet, even up north in Montana. And then we arrived at La Crosse Wisconsin in time for a late lunch. What a wonderful little town! Clean, tidy, friendly, and right on ...
Corn Palace
The Corn Palace was originally built in 1892 as a way to prove that South Dakota had a healthy agricultural climate. Today it is known as a folk art wonder on the prairie of South Dakota. It also served as a great opportunity to get off the I90 highway ...
Oktoberfest in America!
... stay overnight in Madison but by the time I got there it was still relatively early so I kept on going eventually stopping in La Crosse, Wisconsin. I went to check into a hotel and was informed that they were fully booked out and I might be lucky to find ...
Return, Day 9: Rockford, IL to La Crosse, WI
... , lunch, and bike riding (and fixing)! All my niblings (that is, nieces and nephews) in one place; I was happy! Then, on to La Crosse. We left shortly after T & J had hit the road. We watched the hills grow more surprising with occasional bluffs. The ...
Doctors and their doctor friends doctoring
Hanging out with Kathryn Dalton, eating ice cream and redbeans and rice, but not all at the same time. Bomber and the cats got along, but only because there were two of them, and they were bigger than he ...
When I left for France
Leaving La Crosse was so hectic. I had just gotten my passport, and it was my first trip without my family. I was nervous. And Wopat's belt buckle set the alarm off in security. that was hilarious. I think I remember Spice Girls playing in the ...
From Detroit to La Cross
... felt good that somebody recognized my good taste. When the strong part of the storm had passed, I drove the remaining three hours to La Crosse, Wi, watching quite the spectacular lighting show along the way. Because it ...
Jul 31, 2012
1st Day
Nice drive except for Chicago at rush hour... Everything fit in my car for the 10 week adventure. Couldn't pack the kitchen sink ...
Bike Trouble and Dave
Hit Onlalaska; rear cassette failure; guy at bike shop likes the tour, fixes for free; arrived in La Crosse, met Dave, singing at Blues open jam; ...
Drive It!
... stopped at an Applebees for dinner and decided after eating we still had enough energy to push through to Wisconsin. Our goal was La Crosse Wisconsin and we made it by 10pm at night. Fortunately the kids are good sleepers in the car and the ...
Today is the day...
Tom and I will be leaving between noon and 1:000PM, car is all packed and ready to go except for a few things that need to be put into the cooler. Today and tomorrow will be our longest drive days with no planned stops. It's about 530 miles ...
Now that's a lot of water
Well, we'd planned on Winona, but the lure of the Mississippi was just too much. It was gorgeous. Then the idiot GPS tried to get us to turn onto the bridge ... while we were under it. ST*U seems to be our favorite thing to say to 'girlfriend'. But ...
Crossing the Mississippi River
Naomi also missed crossing the Mississippi River into Minnesota. She stated that she didn't mind missing ...
Ahhhh the MidWest
As the flat landscape of South Dakota gave way to undulating fields of yellow, green and gold, spreading out like a large quilt , I was in Minnesota. Not a single piece of land in the entire southern section of Minnesota is non-productive - be it ...
Dairy country
... listening to "Prairie Home Campanion" on the radio. Crossing into Wisconsin, we headed south to follow the great MississippiI River from La Crosse to Prairie Du Chien. It was a quiet meandering road with small villages every 5 miles or do. A few river ...
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