{"id":962,"date":"2023-08-03T17:46:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T21:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/104-128-66-57.cloud-xip.com\/?p=962"},"modified":"2023-08-03T17:46:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T21:46:09","slug":"days-45-to-47-alma-wi-to-milaca-mn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/?p=962","title":{"rendered":"Days 45 to 47:  Alma, WI to Milaca, MN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104-128-66-57.cloud-xip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230729_131032617-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-963\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230729_131032617-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230729_131032617-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230729_131032617-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230729_131032617-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230729_131032617-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Note: Dan is providing a brief update for Liz<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday, July 29 was a big cycling day &#8212; 84 miles and 4200 feet of climb &#8212; northwest on Wisconsin&#8217;s Great River Road paralleling the Mississippi.   Elizabeth was concerned because this would be the biggest test of her knee since she her injury &#8211; lots of miles and lots of hills.  The day was long but Elizabeth felt good and soon found herself at the Lake Elmo Park.  Kathy and Louise (Missing Spokes team riders) dropped in for a visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104-128-66-57.cloud-xip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/KathyLouise.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-964\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/KathyLouise.jpg 800w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/KathyLouise-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/KathyLouise-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Louise, Elizabeth, and Kathy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104-128-66-57.cloud-xip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_013700351-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-965\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_013700351-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_013700351-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_013700351-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_013700351-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_013700351-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elizabeth&#8217;s tent and bike as the sun sets on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104-128-66-57.cloud-xip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_111747055-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-966\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_111747055-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_111747055-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_111747055-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_111747055-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_111747055-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Low fog on Sunday morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday the ride was a shorter 61 miles north along the St Croix river.   The route crossed the river  into Wisconsin for about 25 miles before crossing back into Minnesota  and on to Wild River State Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104-128-66-57.cloud-xip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_180515675-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-967\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_180515675-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_180515675-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_180515675-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_180515675-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230730_180515675-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday (July 31)  Elizabeth turned West to go 61 miles to the town of Milaca, MN.  The roads began to flatten out a bit as there was only 1500 feet to climb to their destination of Milaca Recreation Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104-128-66-57.cloud-xip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230731_181128882-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-968\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230731_181128882-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230731_181128882-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230731_181128882-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230731_181128882-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230731_181128882-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Milaca used to be the home of a big logging operation.  Elizabeth poses for a photo on one of the sleds that was used to transport logs from the forest to the mill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104-128-66-57.cloud-xip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230801_004729479-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-969\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230801_004729479-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230801_004729479-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230801_004729479-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230801_004729479-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230801_004729479-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth had cooking duty on Monday night &#8211; looks like she had a successful grocery run judging by the large shopping bag on the back of her bike!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104-128-66-57.cloud-xip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ElizabethShopping-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ElizabethShopping-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ElizabethShopping-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ElizabethShopping-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ElizabethShopping-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lizventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ElizabethShopping-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Dan is providing a brief update for Liz Saturday,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-week-07"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971,"href":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions\/971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizventure.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}