This morning I woke everyone up at 5:15 to get an early start for the day. After refilling waters and taking down camp, we started a slow 17 mile ride on empty stomachs. Blake and Wyatt joined us on our morning ride to the diner.

Some Wisconsin locals welcomed us with fun conversation and large servings of diner food. I enjoyed a large pile of hash browns with eggs and toast. Once we ended breakfast, Blake and Wyatt decided to fall back into a group with a more comfortable pace.

The rest of us (Cole, Evan, and I) all began pedaling into a 40+ mile ride to lunch. The roads consisted of large hills that were fun to descend and climb. However, each one was scary and a mental challenge to climb. After a long day without lunch, our group arrived in Marathon City, our camping location for the night.

The other group sadly had technical difficulties on one of their bikes so they did not arrive for a couple hours. To kill time, our group sat outside the library and used their WiFi before we ate bar food from the local pub. Finally, our group set up camp at a local park. A police officer that offered the park to us was there when we arrived and took notes on our group. He asked us some questions and let us set our tents up. We spent the rest of the night using the library’s WiFi and getting another meal from the bar for dinner. We finished the day by running to a gas station for tomorrow’s breakfast. The forecast predicts a lot of rain while we break camp, so we need to ready to go in the morning. I will need to be prepared to wake up everyone tomorrow and ride in the rain to our next host town.