TRIPLETT 2024 EPIC RIDE

Day 41 / Aug 16 / Shelby, MI to Chatham, Ontario / 58 miles and 300 feet / 80 degrees We were so glad to leave Eastern Michigan and its bad roads and aggressive drivers behind. Ontario needs to work on paving the shoulder of its roads, but at least the drivers were more courteous.…

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Day 40 / Aug 15 / Owosso, MI to Shelby, MI / 77.4 miles and 1,662 feet / 81 degrees Our day started as the sun rose so that we could get off the road before afternoon traffic got bad…I’m not sure we were successful in that endeavor. Oh, and we also ate breakfast at…

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Day 39 / Aug 14 / Grand Rapids, MI to Owosso, MI / 88.4 miles and 2,600 feet / 84 degrees We rode on rolling roads for the first 25 miles today before joining the Fred Meier State Trail for almost all of the remainder of the day. We passed through a covered bridge in…

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Day 38 / Aug 13 / Milwaukee, WI to Grand Rapids, MI w/ a ferry / 38.4 miles and 768 feet / 81 degrees Hi folks, sorry for the delay in this post. Yesterday was a crazy day with riding to the ferry, a 3-hour ferry and then 40 miles of riding to the hotel…

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Day 37 / Aug 12 / Madison, WI to Milwaukee, WI / 87.4 miles with 2,503 feet It was another pleasant day of riding in Wisconsin. We rode through several communities and by Silver Lake. Bill and I have camped and cycled near Silver Lake in the past so it was fun to ride past…

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Day 35 / Aug 10 / Spring Green, WI to Madison, WI / 59.3 miles and 3,550 feet / 74 degrees Day 36 / Aug 11 / Rest Day It was another beautiful day on a bicycle. We had lovely roads with farms and streams and some pretty steep hills. We started the ride crossing…

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Day 34 / Aug 9 / La Crosse, WI to Spring Green, WI / 95.3 miles and 4,583 feet / cloudy and 70 degrees with a little rain Today’s ride was beautiful through the farmland of Southern Wisconsin. We even encountered an Amish community as we rode this morning. Someone wondered if this was a…

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Day 33 / Aug 8 / Lanesboro, MN to La Crosse, WI / 53.0 miles and 1,208 feet / 76 degrees Today we spent the first 31 miles on the Root River Trail. It was a nice surface and mostly shaded and a great ride. We also crossed into Wisconsin just before we crossed the…

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Day 32 / Aug 6 / Albert Lea, MN to Lanesboro, MN / 82.5 miles and 1,585 feet / 75 degrees I can’t begin to tell you how much nicer it is to cycle with the temperature below 90 degrees! It’s been wonderful this week – well, except for the stiff headwind Monday and Tuesday.…

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Day 31 / Aug 6 / Jackson, MN to Albert Lea, MN / 89.2 miles and 1,550 feet / 73 degrees with a stiff headwind (again!) What a break to have much cooler temps today. People even broke out their light jackets for the morning ride. It was a brutal and slow day of cycling…

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