Day Five - Marinette
Our stop in Marinette is way ahead of schedule. Despite planning on being in Oconto tonight, we managed to get a head of schedule yesterday, and blow into Oconto in the early afternoon today.
But before that it was an interesting day. Today started off cloudy and cool, and somewhere in the day I pulled ahead of Clair. I was looking around in the low light of an opaque sky when I noticed two things: 1. A Belgioso cheese plant 2. I had no idea where Clair was.
Handling them in seeming importance, I had planned for losing Clair and we had established that we would have walkie-talkies, and that we would check in every hour on the hour when separated, so I pulled it out and started calling when appropriate.
The Bel Gioso plant is a less important thing. I've just developed a taste for their Mozzarella, which is incredible. But it was a distraction in the day.
We met up in Green Bay, and I found out that Clair had developed a flat. First one of the trip. After that I stayed a little closer to her, though mostly because the going was slow and turny.
We got to Oconto early, as mentioned, and while we were there, we met our first long distance biker: Julia. Julia was from Chicago, but was riding from Milwaukee to Canada. She was more experienced than us, and had suggestions for how to change Clair's bike so it wouldn't hurt her neck.
We eventually made it to Marinette, which is right on the border, and because we had managed to stay far under budget, we ordered pizza to the municipal park we were camping in.
But before that it was an interesting day. Today started off cloudy and cool, and somewhere in the day I pulled ahead of Clair. I was looking around in the low light of an opaque sky when I noticed two things: 1. A Belgioso cheese plant 2. I had no idea where Clair was.
Handling them in seeming importance, I had planned for losing Clair and we had established that we would have walkie-talkies, and that we would check in every hour on the hour when separated, so I pulled it out and started calling when appropriate.
The Bel Gioso plant is a less important thing. I've just developed a taste for their Mozzarella, which is incredible. But it was a distraction in the day.
We met up in Green Bay, and I found out that Clair had developed a flat. First one of the trip. After that I stayed a little closer to her, though mostly because the going was slow and turny.
We got to Oconto early, as mentioned, and while we were there, we met our first long distance biker: Julia. Julia was from Chicago, but was riding from Milwaukee to Canada. She was more experienced than us, and had suggestions for how to change Clair's bike so it wouldn't hurt her neck.
We eventually made it to Marinette, which is right on the border, and because we had managed to stay far under budget, we ordered pizza to the municipal park we were camping in.
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