The day started great, Shannon was in La Crosse for a wedding, (she got in last night after my 9:00 bed time), so we met at the hotel for breakfast at 6:00 am. She filled me in on all the latest news on her move to Greenville SC and job search. She got to meet a few of the riders at breakfast, but we didn't have time to introduce her to everyone. We spent a grand total of an hour together but it was nice to see her smiling face. Shannon says she will be reporting my health status to Peggy. By the time I said my goodbyes, my normal Type A riding companions had already established a ten minute head start on me, so I decided to join another group for the day. I rode with the "Turtles", one of the slower groups of riders for most of the day, a much more relaxing experience I must say when you are not looking at how fast you are going (I did get sidetracked from them for a while when Max and Laural forced me into stopping for Pie and Ice Cream in Wilton, they didn't even have to twist my arm). We rode part of the day on the thirty-four mile Sparta-Elroy State Trail. The trail starts at the Sparta Train Depot where many of us posed on a giant "Penny Farthing" high wheel bicycle. The trail has three old railroad tunnels that you walk your bike through with a flashlight. The state of Wisconsin has a large network of these bike trails and many of them pass through Elroy. Once off the trail, we were on country roads all the way to the Dells. Dinner tonight was at Denny's, we each were given a $15 gift card, I won the contest at my table on how close you could get to fifteen, without going over. We are at the Best Western tonight, and it will be back to Denny's in the morning for a Make your own Grand Slam Breakfast. We got a reminder today at map meeting to keep our concentration on safety, so that we all make it to New Hampshire safely. Mike has taken the string of accidents as a reflection on the job he is doing as trip leader. We need to, and can do a better job out on the road of staying safe.
Total Miles 2500.86
Total Hours 170.31
Trip Speed 14.7 mph
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