To see the day's Map and Elevation Graph look here: Cycling map and data link (hover on 'Map' button in the upper left corner and click on Terrain).
We start riding at 8:50am and it's good to hear that there's no chance of rain today. It's cloudy and there is some light wind out of the southwest. The first 12 miles were on Madison's extensive bicycle network (paths and lanes).
Bike Path and Flowers
We got to County Road B and it's only memorable because it is in such bad shape. Jim and I have toured many areas of Wisconsin and it feels like roads are deteriorating. We continue onto Stoughton and take a quick break. We see several bikers enjoying the nice day.
Bike path across a creek in Stoughton
We head out of Stoughton on roads that parallel I90 and stop for a nice lunch at Blue Gilly's. Everyone there is quite friendly. After lunch we continue riding parallel to I90 and reach Milton.
Kind of a different Main Street layout
As we are heading out of town a parade of pickups drives by and the last one spews out a cloud of dark black and smelly smoke that we ride through while holding our breath. We are riding through rural farming country where they grow a lot of corn. There is also a good deal of Wisconsin's famed dairy air.
We head straight southeast for several miles and reach Johnston Center and decide to take a break. Here we discover a clip has fallen off one of Jim's panniers.
A quick emergency fix needed on Jim's pannier
We cobble up a temporary fix with a piece of junk we find in the parking lot and an orange rubber band. It worked so we head to our destination - Delavan. They have a hardware store and we need a replacement for the part that fell off.
Along the way we smell a strong marijuana odor and see this field. First time we've seen a field of marijuana.
A marijuana field near Delavan
This is Scott Walker's home turf. I wonder if he knows about this field.
We reach the hardware store about 20 minutes before it closes, fix the pannier, and then arrive at our destination at 5:00pm. Delavan is the place where P. T. Barnum started his circus.