Wisconsin 2nd visit

 

Capital: Madison

Population: 5.560,000 (ranked 20th of 50 states)

Area: 170,000 kmē (ranked 23rd of 50 states)

 

 

 

 

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Ride Report

This state: 363 kms     Journey to date: 11,288 kms

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Ride Report

My apologies to Wisconsin. I haven't really done it justice - just skimmed the very north and now the very south of this state. 

The bike received its first of two 10,000km services this morning, at Milwaukee Suzuki. Thanks to Dan, Mike & Tim for their interest and enthusiasm. 

I set the GPS to take me to Illinois via back roads. I set the GPS to do "shortest route" as opposed to "fastest time". Thus it directed me right into downtown Madison and literally to the steps of the Capitol building. Had I ridden 5 metres further I'd have been going through the corridors and out the other side. Lesson learned - you want the shortest route? You'll get it.

Finally after slogging through rush hour commuters out of Madison it was a couple of hours of serene riding through the English-like countryside of southern Wisconsin with steeples, cows, hedges, cornfields, farmers wives with scarves.. you get the picture. 

I'm camped here just over the state line at a place called Lena, ready for the endurance test through the Corn Belt and Midwest - Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska & Kansas. Heading west again now. Gotta go, the laundry's about to close.