Day 38

Amery,WI - Edgewater,WI (69 miles)

Today we were on the road by 8am. There was no way we were going to get into our destination after 6pm again! Last night was too close, plus getting in late doesn't give us much time to relax.

Anyway, the ride to Edgewater was beautiful. It started out with farmland, but gradually turned into forest and small lake-towns.

Going through small towns has really made this trip so far. Sure, it's harder to find good food and the beer selection has been sub-par, but these are the places you really get to experience our country.  Just today we met an older guy, Jim, in Haugen,WI. He runs a smallest convenience store and he flagged us down as we rode by to let us know about the detour and to sign his book. Turns out that he sees lots if bikers on their way going through and he has a guest book for them to sign. He told us a great story about when he took his grandson out west on the train. They were near Havre,MT and his grandson saw a man out the window on a recumbant bike with a trailer and he asked where he thought the man was going. Jim told him the biker was going to Maine. His grandson didn't believe him and said that was crazy. And then two weeks later his grandson was sitting outside his store and sees that very same guy on his bike! His grandson believes what his grandpa tells him now!

It was outside Jim's store that I saw out first live toad and snake of the trip! (And I picked them both up) Up to now, we have only seem roadkill toads and snakes.