Minnesota nice

I didn't start riding until about 8:20 this morning, which I think was my latest start of the trip.  We rode 56 miles into Rochester, home of the Mayo Clinic.  As I am now east of St. Paul, I can report that I have ridden across the United States, from St. Paul to Boston in 2013, and now Seattle to Rochester.

Miles of corn and soybean fields in this rich farm belt.

There must be a story here.  Unfortunately, I don't know what it is.

We rode the Douglas trail into Rochester; it is well paved, although it crosses some gravel roads, and has long stretches of lovely tree tunnels.

We are staying tonight in this huge Lutheran church.  It has 4000 members and the three story building with 70,000 square feet of space, including a full size basketball court.  More importantly for us, it has showers, so we didn't need to set up the shower cabana.