Day 2...

Well...I'm having troubles connecting our new tablet to WiFi so I have to try to update our blog with my cell phone for now. Day 1 was great! We had a late start due to some last minute odds & ends (we officially own our first home now!). We'll have a place to come back to in Colorado once our trip is done. Anyway...we left Iowa around 2pm with Jason's cousin Kurt. Here are our bikes all loaded up with gear...

We headed out towards the Mississippi River and caught a ferry across to Wisconsin. That was pretty cool. I highly recommend that trip.

Here we are waiting for the ferry. We didn't make it too far that day. It was rainy all day and got dark early so we wimped out and stayed in a hotel that night in Cassville, Wisconsin. We figured it's best to not start out with all wet gear.

Today (June 13) was a long haul. I think we did 400-500 miles. I love my bike so far! It's smooth & nimble even with all the gear weighing it down. We had some beautiful curvy roads despite the on & off rain again. Jason and I both have waterptoof Sidi Adventure boots and waterproof Klim gear so the rain hasn't bothered us much. We purposely changed our route though. Our goal was to camp at the top of Wisconsin with his other cousin, Sarah, but thers was a nasty storm lingering up there so we cut West and avoided the storm. It's nice not having a timeline or strict route so we can see what we want to see or avoid cities and storms as much as possible.

We have a bunch more pictures but I can't upload from our camera til I get the tablet working. We have been taking small roads instead of highways which is much more beautiful. There are so many cute little towns along the Mississippi River.

Our plan for the next day or 2 is to head to Fargo, North Dakota to see Jason's new baby niece and family. We'll get as far as we can but it might take a couple days from here (we are in Grantsburg, Wisconsin for the night). Kurt will split off and head back home to Iowa tomorrow. He has plans to go ride in Colorado and then he'll meet up with us again in Alaska.

Goodnight!