The two streams join in Bethlehem, and the Gale River flows thence generally westwardly. However, these conditions are relieved by pleasant westwardly trade winds blowing in from the ocean. The South Fork rises about south of Viroqua and flows westwardly for . It was late November 1599 when the two ships sailed westwardly for Japan. Westwardly a gradual incline sloped back to the mountain. From Osseo, the Buffalo flows westwardly into Buffalo County, past Strum, Eleva and Mondovi.