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TRACE THE MITTEN

Starting a new virtual tour

11/1/2021

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I have moved to the inside trainer because the fall air is too cool to breathe comfortably.  I hope that a virtual tour will get me pedaling more.  The month of October was smaller than my earlier months.

Over the spring, summer  and fall months of May  through October I did cycle 3,100 miles which is enough to travel the Continental Divide Trail from Jasper to Antelope Wells.

For this new virtual tour I will start on the Wisconsin and Minnesota state line at Osceola and head west along the Northern Tier.  
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Downtown Osceola, Wisconsin. A good place to stock up with what you need.
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Cascade Falls just outside Osceola's downtown on the Osceola Creek near the millpond. The falls are 25' high.
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The St. Croix River is the border for Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The river is a tributary of the Mississippi River. The St. Croix is a designated National Scenic  Riverway and is 169 miles long.  Further down the road I arrived in the town of St. Croix Falls.
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St. Croix Falls is a town of over 2000.
The Ice Age hiking and backpacking National Scenic Trail stretching over 1200 miles through Wisconsin. ends in the area.  
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Going out of town I got on the Gandy Dancer Trail.
This 98 mile multi-use path was a railway. A gandy dancer was a slang for the a railroad builder and maintenance worker.  During work they would sing to help them work together.  The Gandy Company out of Chicago made railroad materials.
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My route.
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