Yesterday, Steve rolled into camp an hour and a half after we did. With a headwind most of the day, he was pretty tired. Today when we left the Fairgrounds, he didn't miss the Team Touring train. Instead of rolling out of camp a little later so we could go to the family breakfast place, we left at 6:30 so we could experience fine dining at McDonalds. Better than a Cliff bar but only barely.
We were off Route 2 today so there was a lot less traffic. Actually, a lot less of everything. Rest stops. Food. Coffee. You name it. We were so isolated in one section a woman stopped when Gay and I were sitting on the side of the road, and asked if we needed any water and such. She knew were in the middle of nothing, as it turned out. That was very kind of her to stop.
We had been about 25 miles since we had a stop for refreshments. I was starting to show signs of wearing out. (Feeling cranky) We came up on a small remote store that wasn't on the map. A couple of places were on the map in 2 miles so we waited. So, we passed up the bird in the hand for the two in the bush. You guessed it. When we got there, the other stories were closed. Rats. The next store was going to be in 10 miles. So, we pushed on. No alternative. We found a community center and the post office but it had no refreshments or food.
We stopped for a rest and some refreshments we had with us. Talking to the ladies at the Post Office, they are, they said the trading post was a "couple of miles" up the road. Those ended up being country miles not bicycle miles. 6 miles later we found the trading post. It was closed. But the woman saw us and opened up. I was very grateful. There wasn't much in there but we salvaged some refreshments out of it. I think the Klondike ice cream bar pulled me out of the proverbial fire. I started recovering soon after that.
The riding today wasn't too bad considering how remote and desolate much of it was. Quite a few small rolling hills and wind that wasn't always cooperative. With Steve back on the train to provide some needed horsepower, we blazed our way to the metropolis of Crystal Falls. We had expected to stay at a motel because no campground was indicated on the map. A campground magically appeared right before we entered into town. So, here we are. It's a rustic area with a nice lake and plenty of grass and pretty pine trees. The campground host was going out of her way to accommodate us by driving to town to shop for us and brought out a little refrigerator for our perishables!
We crossed over into the central time zone today. Tomorrow we will be in Wisconsin. The forecast tonight is pizza and two beers for yours truly.
Total mileage today = 76
Total mileage so far on the route = 1,735 ( an upward adjustment was made by 6 miles)
Thanks for following us on the journey.
KPW
p. s. I got a text on my arrival to CF. If anyone finds Logan's iPhone 6, please let me know. It seems someone liked it better than he did. :-(
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