Highlight of the day was Don Olsen who has converted a barn on his farm to a "bikers bunkhouse". He had 3 private rooms, a dormitory room, silo converted to a room and a hay loft where bikers can sleep. He had a sitting room, kitchen with lots of snacks and food, a solar shower and outhouse. It was great. We stayed dry and enjoyed his hospitality. He converted his barn in 2010 and gets over 100 cyclists a year and he does this all for free.
July 8- to Sommerst, Wisconsin - 74 miles. We crossed into Wisconsin this afternoon. We had again perfect biking conditions, not to hot or windy and great road surfaces and little traffic. All is well!
July 9- to Bloomer - 57 miles - we decided to change the route and bike Highway 64 which runs across Wisconsin. We agreed to try it for one day and decide if we should continue on the route. As it ended up, going on 64 saved about 100 miles and it wasn't that bad. But Diana and Jim were against the change and decided to leave the group. They wanted to stay on the Adventure Cycle route and since they were self-contained, they left the group. It was sad to see them leave us and I hope we will keep in touch.
July 10- to Medford - 65 miles - the ride was nice except for the last 15 miles when the road conditions were poor. Our first stop was at an ice cream parlor where they made homemade ice cream, then the second stop was for pie and ice cream in the next town. It dawned on us that we hadn't eaten anything healthy all day. The highlight of the day was meeting this 26 year old farmer who was cute as a bug. He farms 500 acres and milks 50 cows twice a day. Grows corn to feed his cows. He and his dad moved to Wisconsin 4 years ago and sold their 3500 acre farm in Missouri. He said he was the 6th generation farmer in his family.
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Sounds like you are having a great time. Thanks for the postcard. Our kitchen is finished, so life gets back to normal here in GV.
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