Day 10 - Washburn, WI

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!