Day 39

Edgewater,WI - Glidden,WI (78 miles)

Today was animal central! Here ,is what we saw:
(1) osprey flying with a fish
(4) loons - 2 were babies
(11) sandhill cranes
(1) female turkey
(1) snake - which we saved from being run over
(3) blue herons
(1) fawn
(2) piles of bear poop - way better than seeing a bear, but it was evidence of them, so it counts.

Other than TONS of wildlife, today consisted of rolling hills, a headwind that was mostly blocked by the trees, and clouds. We thought we would surely get rained on, but much to our delight we did not.

Upon getting to Glidden and setting up camp we met Wayne, Paul and Wildman. Wayne is a retired educator and school administrator who now runs guided bear hunting excursions as a hobby. He told us all about it, which was fascinating. Him and his wife will bait bears on their 40 acre piece of land and host one or two hunters a year. What was mostp interesting was that they monitor both the deer and bear population in their land.

Paul and Wildman we met a little later when they came to the city park to drive their remote control cars. They each have a high-end car that we can get going between 80-100mph depending on the motor they have installed. Wildman showed me a video of his car pulling one of Paul's children in a wagon! These things are intense!

Tomorrow we are off to Star Lake!