Greetings from the hometown of 2004 Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm. According to the sign at the town entrance he won gold in the all-around competition in men's gymnastics. I also seem to remember him getting arrested not that long ago for assaulting a cab driver but they left that off the sign for some reason. Anyway, I am in Washburn today. Overall it was a pretty easy day of riding with mostly downhills and a few uphills thrown in for old times sake. Knocked out 52 miles and was done around 1:00. Not a bad day. A few hiccups though. I got into Ashland (about 11 miles from here) and the highway through town was under construction and lanes were restricted so that made for an interesting ride through town. As I got out of that town to head up here there was also a sign saying there would be road construction for the next 20 miles. Now, that sometimes isn't bad because it might just be coned off and I can still ride in the lane. Just have to wait and see until tomorrow.
I only have about 33 miles tomorrow so it will be another early day finished. I am about 80 miles out of Duluth right now. I could probably knock it out in a day but that wouldn't be the point of this trip. Crazy to think that what takes me an hour and fifteen minutes in the car would take 8-9 hours of pedaling.
Today and the first few miles of tomorrow will be the last I see of the lake until I get into Duluth. Will probably get up and going early again tomorrow. Beats some of the traffic. Plus I might the youngest person by 35 years in this campground. It is a recurring theme.
Pictures from today...
I think the "open for business" part is a bit much.
Not sure what this was but they were having a good time destroying it.
This is the "beach" right at the bottom of my campground. There were some stairs that let down to here.
Confirmed: The water is cold.
Off to Iron River tomorrow!
wimp! Katie and I went fully in!
ReplyDeleteHa! I guess the two of you are just tougher than me. How's life back in Jersey?
DeleteNJ is pretty, but there are too many people here! School year started so it's craziness! Was it hard getting back to work, or did you feel refreshed?
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