73 miles. Mixed day on roads and paths

After Egg McMuffins we got on the road north from Chilton. The shoulder was OK but cars and trucks were very close and very loud so when we got a chance, we shifted over to the Fox River Trail that took us all the way into Green Bay. For about 16 miles we rode on well maintained crushed limestone. In spots the stone was a little too deep so we had trouble making good speeds but 9 miles or so from Green Bay the path was wonderfully paved, wide and heavily used by cyclists, roller bladers and others. Across the river we could see Lambeau Field, mecca for all the cheese heads out there.

The path ran very close to the road we had been on and was slower than the road but a lot more relaxing.

Leaving the path and into Green Bay the streets were rough and very little in the way of shoulder or bike lane. Google maps and our Garmin helped us get through the urban maze of streets and paths but often they disagreed so we picked Google maps as our guide and it worked pretty well.

This sculpture is on the paved path along the Fox River just before we entered Green Bay.

We made it out of the city and back into fields and countryside with no help from a wind coming from our left sides and paralleled the Lake Michigan shoreline all the way to Oconto.

Very strange location for power lines….

Pretty uneventful day but that’s OK. Tomorrow we leave Wisconsin and into Michigan and the Eastern Time Zone and begin our trek around the north shore of Lake Michigan.

Cool use of an old pick up truck in a flower garden.