Day 35 Sunday, July 24th

Today we biked 57 miles from Fond du Lac to Manitowoc, WI.  We have now worked our way from the west coast of Wisconsin to the east coast.  The ride took us through farm country but we started out at a lighthouse on the shores of Lake Winnebago.  A few people, me included, took the time to climb to the top of the lighthouse and take some pictures and enjoy the view.  Then it was on the road.  Lots of rollers and an occassional head wind as we made our way towards the lake.  Everyone got in pretty early today and tomorrow is our scheduled day off.  It won't be exactly a day off for us.  We will bike seven miles to and from a ferry that will take us across Lake Michigan.  It will be a four hour ferry ride and we will also cross into the Eastern time zone.  The total elapsed time will be five hours when you add the extra hour we lose due to the time change.  We are now 2 weeks from the finish of the ride.  That didn't seem possible when we started but the end is now in sight even if it is still a ways off.  When people go on a 2 week vacation it always sounds like a lot of time at the beginning but when it's over they always say where did the 2 weeks go?  We'll see how these 2 weeks pass.  NO post for day 36 as there will be no service on the ferry.