July 20 Friday Lacrosse to WI Dells

July 21 Day 34 ,of 50 WI dells to Fonddu Lac

it is great to be riding in WIsconsin, where we have real trees and greenery.  The other riders on the trip have been skeptical that Wisconsin would be as nice as advertised.  They are now converts to Wisconsin riding.  Custard has also gained a bunch of new followers.  Culvers custard in particular.  Remember we are on a 4,000 - 5,000 calorie a day diet and you can only eat so much fruit and healthy stuff.

One of the highlights of Friday was the Sparta Elroy trail and it's tunnels.  few people had ridden it before so it was quite novel. 


This is the doors at the end of tunnel 3.  We rode through the tunnels in reverse order 3, 2, 1

The tunnels have a new floor in some areas wnere the tracks were removed.  Walls are the original "cave" walls as were dug by hand in 1870s  Tunnel 3 is the longest of the 3.  none of the tunnels should be ridden.  They all have water leaking from the roof and sides from springs in the hills.  Both sides of the path through the tunnel have ditches to channel the water.

Riders with lights coming through the tunnel

Basic Tunnel info from 1873

Evening in Wisconsin Dells was family Mary and Louie, my sisters Ginger and Peggy with their husbands Glen and Mark.  Friends Miles, Jeanette and Jerry Jessup, Curt and Chris Hancock were all their for dinner.  Jerry and Jeanette surprised me along the road.  Didn't know they were coming and they found the group I was riding with.  Great surprise!!!

July 21 Day WI dells to Fond du Lac

Curt Hancock joined the ride for a day as a warm up for his bike trip to Jackson WY next week.

One of the highlights of the day was stopping for brats.  Most of the riders had never had a brat and really liked them.  Ollie, from Germany liked the brat, didn't like the sauerkraut.  I liked the brats, but, the buns were plain old hot dog buns.  Should have been rolls.

Mascoutin trail.  Runs along the highway into Fond du lac.  Really nice to get off the highway for a while

Alive and well on my bike in Wisconsin Dells

see you later
sam