On my way to Cedar Rapids for a Convention in late summer, 2006, I biked from East Winona(Marshland) to Onalaska. This was the abandoned road bed of the CNW. The first part went through a neat prairie and then it went through a lot of low, marshy area where the road bed had to be built up. Some of the track also followed very close to the old CB&Q tracks, now BNSF. Total trip was 26.5 miles. It was overcast and a little cool but made for good riding.
The first thing I came to was the large Wildlife Refuge on the shore of the Mississippi River.
Crossing old railroad bridges is always a fun part of a bike ride.
I am on the bike trail, the old CNW grade. Below me is the BNSF mainline track. I'm almost in Onalaska and the end of this ride.
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