Rolling into Madison across Lake Monona
Bye Lake Geneva, hi Lake Mendota!
Today was a fabulous day for biking! Not too long of a ride (76 miles, pretty average) and stunning weather along rolling hills. Impromptu stops at a skate park and with some friendly cows made the simple ride today memorable, and we still got to the stayover in Madison with the late afternoon ahead. All of this despite getting lost a few times as well!
Willard, Gibby, Me, Bang, and Cam (Don’t worry— we did not ride down! :) It was just a great photo opportunity!)
We had some time to run errands and relax before dinner, which was so generously brought by Kevin, an I4k alum from 2015 and 2017! It was great getting to talk to him about his experiences and his legacy, which has been passed down for 4 years now and probably will be for longer. Who needs bibs when you have basketball shorts?! (That’s a joke, but not for him, I suppose…) The rest of us are unfortunately familiar with saddle sores, but that’s just the life of a cyclist.
The Wisconsin State Capitol building
After dinner we got ice cream and went to Lake Mendota to watch the sunset on the pier, during which some of us decided that Madison might be one of the coolest cities we’ve visited so far— excluding NYC and Chicago of course. Days like today make it hard to go to bed at night and hard to leave in the morning, but knowing that the path ahead will bring stories that need to be told is what pulls us along. Thanks for having us, Madison, see you next time!
— Marielle
Sleepy…
Snoozing…
Slumped!
Paceline
Bang: the cow king, the cow whisperer, the cow commander, the cowman, the beef bro, a friend.
Thanks for this totally great picture, Rahul
Thanks for this actually really great picture, Rahul! (Claire P. and Maya)
Nothing like a road trip sunset