65.6 miles/ +2476.3 ft/ Total miles 1865.0
Beautiful day in Wisconsin! Sun, light wind from the south, and more hills than anyone thought possible in the upper Midwest. I can’t figure it out. I’m riding on an east-west road, and I am crossing one ridge after another, and then I turn onto a north-south road (heading south) and I am crossing one ridge after another. How does that work? And when I get to each ridge, I climb up to one level, look across a downhill to the next uphill (still on the same ridge), get to the the top of that one and do it again. Repeat up to 4-5 times to get across one ridge.
But in the meantime, I am riding on some quiet roads through forests, along lakes, crossing rivers, and later into some farmland – where there is actually a little bit of flat ground to grow corn (notice road on the right coming over a ridge – that’s where I was just riding to get to this spot):
Of course, the glaciers are responsible for the landforms here. A few days ago , when I was near Boulder Junction, all the glacial moraines ran more or less north-south. So it doesn’t surprise me to be crossing them when I am riding west. It’s just that I don’t get a break from it when I am on a north-south road.
Coming into Cumberland, I saw some nice old barns:
Another Warmshowers stay tonight, which is wonderful. Great to meet people who really enjoy biking, touring, and meeting other touring cyclists!
Judy's Bike Ride 2017 
Judy — Looks like you are making great progress through an interesting, although not flat, area! I just got back from a week in a very remote part of Alaska (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), and am enjoying catching up with your ride. Keep moving west while enjoying the daily environment. You’ll be in Minnesota soon, and will enjoy some wonderful rail trails before getting out into the real plaines. Occasional convenience stores take on new meaning once you get west of Fargo. Good luck, safe travels, thanks for keeping us posted as you pass across this great country. — Dave
Wow Judy – looks just like home (I was raised about 200 miles southeast of you on a dairy farm with lots of corn, pigs, chickens, etc. Pleasant, interesting, attractive, and often smelly area to ride a bike. Good Peddling
When I get home, I want to get together with you and get an overview of all the geological landscapes that I am seeing. Lots of cows in this area – typical Wisconsin.
Good job!
The glaciers sure did a lot of landforming! I liked the photo looking back at your last ridge. Up and down with 40 pounds of gear is plenty of effort. Hope you have some easy sailing tomorrow.
Now you are having fun! What a beautiful time of year to be pedaling through fields with young crops, perhaps lots of young animals, so much life bursting out around you. Stay safe.