We did it!

Yesterday we decided that today we would go back to Sparta and ride on the State trail.  Last year we rode from Sparta to Elroy.  It was about 35 miles, but Kelly and I only made it 28.  This year we decided to ride from Sparta to La Crosse and back.  We biked, and biked, and biked.  The trail was quite flat, which was nice.  The problem was that we were biking through restored prairie, which meant that the trees were few and far between so no shade.  It was hot out.  At one of the small towns, West Salem I think, we stopped at a local bar and ordered two pizzas.  They were really good.  Then it was back to biking.  We finally made it to La Crosse then we had to turn around and go back.  On the way back I spent most of my time biking with Kelly.  We were very proud of ourselves when we finally reached the cars.  All told we biked 45 miles today.  Thankfully it was a flat trail.  I don't think that I would have made it very far if it was hilly.  It took us about 4 hours.  The worst part about it all was that about 5 miles from the end of the trail the wind really picked up, and it was blowing right at us.  But we did it!  WOOHOO!!!