Today we rode 90 miles from La Crosse, WI to the Wisconsin Dells. For those of you not from the Midwest, The Wisconsin Dells is the water park capital of the world - if you are 5, you will love it here. Today was like 3 totally separate rides. The first 30 miles was like riding in my neighborhood, the easiest morning we have ever had. The second 30 miles was was on a Wisconsin Trail with crushed limestone and the final 30 miles was our typical rolling hills country roads.
The trail begins in the town of Sparta, WI - which is known as the bicycling capital of the America. I am not sure if it is self proclaimed or what but it must be official because there was a sign.
The trail ride was quite unique because it used to be an old railway. When we first got our materials from ABB it says we will need to bring a flashlight. I thought - what do I need a flashlight for? Well it turns out that on the trail there are 3 old tunnels where the trains used to travel through. They are pitch black and we have to walk through them. The first one was about a mile long and the other two were quite shorter. (see pics below). The cool thing about the tunnels are the acoustics - I took full advantage and belted out a number of tunes. I did try to write a song about the tunnels all day but was unsuccessful.
Jim, Lucy and I stopped along the way and they had yummy pie. It was a leisurely day for most with tons of stops. We started the day with some drizzles and ended up with sunshine - another awesome day of biking!
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| Must be true! |
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| The Sparta - Elroy trail - nice and shady |
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| Getting ready to go into the first tunnel - it was really wet so we wore our rain jackets |
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| Inside the tunnel |
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| Looking outside from the inside |
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