Day 32
I splurged on a hotel last night and found one with laundry facilities. That allowed me to wash both sets of biking clothes, meaning no more hand-washing of clothes for this trip, since I only had two biking days left. Yay! With only 95 miles left, I knew I didn’t have to get a lot of miles in today, so I slept in, enjoyed two cups of coffee this morning in addition to the free breakfast, and got rolling about 9:30. I made it 50 miles to Monticello, intending to camp, but I found out that the “Oaks on the River” campground is for Xcel employees and their guests only. Xcel runs the nuclear power plant in Monticello, and the campground is right across the river from it. Perhaps they’re paranoid. So I splurged one last time, checking into the Days Inn in town.