Day Two Route...

So after the 5am wake-up call, the storm proved to be harmless and simmered down to a nice, soothing drizzle all morning. Once you simply accept the fact that you will be wet and it's not miserable like you might imagine, it is actually really enjoyable riding in the rain. The rain brings such a vibrant glow to the landscape, really bringing everything to life. Very refreshing and cleansing.
It was this part of the ride where we experienced what I would consider the first challenging hill. I really love hills, so it was fun to take on the new challenge of not only getting myself up the hill, but getting my fully loaded bike (tent, food, pack raft and all) up the hill as well. I really wish we could have weighed all of our bikes at the beginning of the trip to see how much weight we were really carrying.
Our first stop was at Yellow Barn Farm in Clyde. Heidi is good friends with the farmer, Rebecca, who was so kind to let us dry off, warm up, and refuel in her house as we prepared for the second half of our ride. Since Heidi has worked out at Yellow Barn I will let her talk more about whats all goin on out there.
By the time we left Rebecca's the rain had cleared and the sun was shinin' as we headed to our next stop in Mineral Point, the Brewery Creek Inn for some cheese curds and beer.
Our final destination for the day was Trusted Earth Farm down in Calamine. Steven and Yvonne are doing so many awesome things that they really deserve their own blog post, so for now I will leave it at that :)