Sunday, July 22, 2012

Day #35, Fond du Lac to Manitowoc, WI

With only fifty-seven miles on our schedule we could sleep in today. Breakfast was at 7:30, and the Ramada Plaza did a great job, table cloths and cloth napkins are not what we are used to seeing in the breakfast room. The buffet spread included muffins, banana bread, scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon, cereal, orange juice and fruit punch. We loaded luggage at 8:30 and were on our way. We headed north to Lake Winnebago and stopped in Lighthouse Park to see the lighthouse built in 1933. A couple quick photos and we were again on the road.  We had one big climb on the route today and it was in the first eight miles. With that behind is, we started to cruise through dairy country, every farm we passed had a sign proclaiming which dairy product their milk was used in. After our SAG Stop we even passed a large Sargento factory. We continued toward Lake Michigan, and caught glimpses of it for a few miles as we headed up its coast before moving a little inland. Once in Manitowoc, most of us headed to Culver's, famous for butter burgers and frozen custard. I did without a butter burger, but ordered a tall cement mixer custard with strawberries and blueberries. Then to the Holiday Inn to get cleaned up. Many of us used a hotel shuttle to get to a laundromat, as the last couple hotels lacked guest laundry facilities. I also changed my rear tire (Continental Gator Hardshell), earlier in the day I noticed you could start to see threads through the tread area. That tire has served me well, with over 3000 miles including the last month of training. We ride the SS Badger ferry across Lake Michigan to Ludington on Monday, so we only cycle seven miles, but we have another hundred plus day on Tuesday to challenge us.

Total Miles 2643.07
Total Hours 179.02
Trip Speed 14.8 mph
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