Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Day 31 Viroqua to Madison 109 + 8 miles = 117 miles Happy Bday dad
















from top clockwise: Super Slo-mo Speed Racing techniques- Superman (me), Ballbuster (Rueben) and "drunk man throwing up out of driver window" (me), the Mermaid (noah) and fetal position (me), "drunk man" (simon, creator of the drunk man)
Our century day took a little longer because we had one mental lapse and missed our turn. We rode uphill and back down before we realized our mistake. The biggest news about the ride wasn’t the mileage. It turns out our ride leader has been relieved of his duties for various reasons. The rumors started brewing when we all saw sharon driving the big white truck instead of Dan. Ed and I believed that Sharon driving the truck doesn't mean Dan got canned. when we reached the following rest stop, Nick, the mechanic, told us otherwise. The day didn’t end smoothly for the faster riders (but it probably ended better than our former ride leader) because there was a change in the location of the campground, which happened to be one road before the original site. Me, ed, noah and simon were gassed from all of the super slo-mo speed racing (the rules are simple- no pedaling and man to go farthest without pedaling wins) and plopped on the bench and rested for about 30 minutes before we made any attempt to find the new campground. I saw my first firefly. There are more than just fireflies in Madison, we cannot escape from the freakin’ mosquitoes. It ruined our dinner as most grabbed food and seeked refuge in their tents.

L to R - firefly, sunset of the campground, me patching up chad's and g-regs tent while catie overlooks my hem job.

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