Wisconsin! Today we rode about 70 miles into Wisconsin. It was, once again, beautiful and deliriously awesome riding, which unfortunately makes for a boring blog post (who wants to hear about my 2 mile 35-40 mph descent on smooth roads), so I'll have to just talk about other things, like being excited to get to Minneapolis and see Mike Swan. A lot of folks took shortcuts today, meaning they rode a shorter route than what was on the ACA maps. I'm the only person who rode the entire route as it was printed on the maps. That may seem pedantic, but to me, it's the only way to go. In my view, I invested a lot of time and money to come out here and ride my bike; the last thing I want to do is shortchange myself! Not only that, but I have a lot of respect for the ACA, and I like their style in general. The route I took was a beautiful lonely country road that, yes, went up and down and around, but I still got there, and I got to see some cool goats. And I got a souvenir! When I went to take pictures of the goats, I found a Minnesota license plate buried in the road so I picked it up. Kind of my own personal totem of my journey in life and the joy of taking "longcuts", to coin a phrase.
Welcome to Wisconsin!
