This morning the group woke up early to start our second over 90 mile ride. I felt terrible because I got very little sleep, but most of the group felt ready to go. We hadn’t decided if we would be traveling 75 or 90+ miles, so everyone was prepared for the worst. We started slow and took our first break 18 miles in at a small diner. We decided we would try and aim for an 80 mile day. We set out happy that our mileage was decreased and glad we finally had a tail wind.

After around 40 miles, that felt surprisingly long we stopped for a long break at a coffee shop in a small town called Chetek, WI. This extremely long break ended up feeling like a very early lunch and would make the rest of the day far more difficult than our last 90 mile day. We set out again and stopped soon after when many of the second group members had problems with pannier clips. Luckily the previously mentioned tail wind created an amazing breeze that had our group averaging 20+ miles per hour for many large sections of riding.

After a few disputes over our pull rotations, we finally decided to let Mr. Malinchock lead the last 20 or so miles because Blake would go too fast and then completely skip everyone in line just to pull again immediately after he just finished. Despite these shortcomings the group pressed on taking breaks about every 15 miles.

Wyatt also had some issues along the way. While we struggled to climb up a difficult deep gravel hill, Wyatt failed to notice that the entire group had stopped to regroup. He then preceded to bike for over a mile without turning around once. It was hilarious for everyone else, who got to watch Wyatt slowly disappear into the distance.

We arrived at a nice pavilion in Turtle Lake, WI, set up camp, and had a great dinner at a local pizza restaurant. Because of the long mileage today, tomorrow should be much more bearable and is currently looking like a 75 mile day. Morale is high and everyone is excited to finally reach the half way point in the coming days!