Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Saturday, July 21, 2007, Wis. Dells, WI to Fond du Lac, WI, 84.4 miles, 8 hours, 6 hrs, 44 min on the bike, Ave. speed: 12.4 mph, Climb: 2240 ft.


Ahhh, a delightful day! Started by having breakfast with my folks and sister. Then, wearing a borrowed University of WI Badger jersey had a college jersey photo taken by the trip leader. Four of us in WI jerseys took our own photo later. Don't we look good?

Said good bye to TEAM JEAN and hit the road. Had absolutely no power in my legs for the first 30 miles, I just pedaled 'til I got to the first SAG stop. It was in the small town of Montell0 - right at a little waterfall, complete with swans and a miniature church on the rocks that played chimes.

Picked up steam as the day progressed and got in to Fond du Lac by 3 pm. Another contingent of TEAM JEAN arrived - My sister Carol and her children, Chloe and Aidan AND my sister Sarah, her husband Garrett and their girls Clara and Elsa - what fun! These TEAM JEAN members came through with more goodies - fudge, brownies, Dutch cookies for our international riders and of course, cheese curds.

It was great to see more family and we had a fun dinner together. I introduced them all at our rap meeting and then they hit the road for home.
Tonight we had a t-shirt exchange and I ended up with a Tour de France t-shirt - I scored!

Tomorrow is an easy day - only 57 miles to Manitowoc.

1 comment:

Umendi said...

Great looking family!!!!

Sarah, I now can put a face to those cute emails I get!!! :))))

Colleen