sheboygan

Hi gang.  Just got back from a cross Wisconsin bike ride this week.  I figured as long as I've got some weekday time available I'd try to make some use of it.  I didn't have a chance to do a big ride this summer so decided to try to squeeze it in.  

I sent off a bunch of resumes Tuesday morning and Susan took me down to the AMTRAK station In Milwaukee and I took the late afternoon train up to La Crosse.  Put my bike back together in the station in LaCrosse while the ticket counter guy called around to find the cheapest motel room in the city.  

Set out on a very cold Wednesday morning with frozen toes but thawed by Sparta. Very spongy trail from Sparta to Elroy and then down 400 Trail to Reedsburg for another cheap motel. Called Maura and Tim to see if they'd be up for eats in Reedsburg but Maura was down for the count already and Tim wasn't feeling great but got a good pep talk out of the phone call with Tim. (Thanks again Tim) 

Thursday was warm and beautiful and after a later start got all the way to Fond Du Lac before third cheap motel.  

Easy ride in on Friday morning and home in time to be the older of the two Men In Black with Finn for trick or treating.  

3 bald eagles, 3 deer, (lots of dead ones), lots of fresh roadkill- mice, squirrels, coons, possums, 1 porcupine, 1 coyote.  0 farm dog attacks but ready with the pepper spray anyway

Laying low this weekend,  Susan is doing a boatload of cooking and baking downstairs and I'm back to sending out resumes.  More later