Port Burwell to Dunnville - 80 miles
Average Speed - 12.1 mph
Once again, we started way later than we should have, but at least it wasn’t as hot and humid as it was the past few days. We tried to take a shortcut through a detour, but that didn’t work out at all and delayed [...]

Shrewsbury to Port Burwell – 76 miles
Average Speed – 13.7 mph
Sleeping last night was not especially comfortable, thanks to my wounded arm and knee that screamed when anything touched it. We had a generous breakfast, which got us through the entire day. Early weather reports said that the heat and humidity would subside [...]

Leamington ON - Shrewsbury ON - 46 miles
Average Speed - 13.1 mph
Yesterday, Erik drove us to Leamington where the ferry for Pelee leaves at this time of the year. Biking from Toledo to Canada would mean going north of Detroit to get the Marine City ferry. It would also mean biking from Toledo [...]

We spent a few days in Toledo and did the touristy things that one always does in Toledo. We also met with family and friends, so our days off became busier than the days on the bike.
We drove over brand new I-280 bridge which just opened early that day.

I pimped Erik’s fence.
Before

After
We visited the [...]

Albion to Sylvania - 86 miles
Average Speed - 12.6
We figured that we could make it to Sylvania if we pushed hard. We did lots of hard pushing up the many climbs in the Irish Hills, knowing that once we approached Adrian, the hills would totally vanish. Although we have ridden in the area [...]

Kentwood to Albion – 78 miles
Average Speed – 12.6 mph
Another unintentional late start resulted in a rather late arrival, but it isn’t as if we had anything pressing to do here in Albion. We got drenched between Kentwood and Hastings, but sought refuge from the worst part of the rain under the eaves of [...]

Muskegon to Kentwood - 53 miles
Average Speed - Well, we walked a lot today
We had a nice breakfast at our bed and breakfast and chatted with the guests who were taking sailing lessons and the couple from Germany who were in the US for a family reunion. Breakfast started late as did we, but [...]

Wales to Milwaukee - 29 miles
Average Speed - 12.2 mph
It rained hard last night, but we were dry under the roof of Pat and Mary Jo.
Mary Jo insisted that we carbo-load for our big ride to Milwaukee, so she cooked up some pasta and veggies. We discussed her proposed x-country tour that Pat [...]

Madison to Wales - 59 miles
Average Speed - tbd
We enjoyed a late evening last night with our hosts.

Late means anything past 8 PM. We slept on a very comfy futon with decent pillows, but not for long enough as morning arrived way too early. again. I thought maybe somebody turned on a [...]

Reedsburg to Madison - 55 miles
Average Speed - 10.7 mph
The title of this post pretty much sums up the day.
I met with Judy K. today, who pointed out that they call those the Baraboo Mountains, those things that we climbed over today. We caught up with each other at the appropriately named Weary Traveler.
Baraboo has [...]