The last 2 days have been a mixed bag. Yesterday I rode on more fantastic Wisconsin county roads. Wind was favorable again, and it was a lovely sunny day. Unfortunately, even though my knee problem seems to have gone away, I developed a shin problem on the other leg.  My muscles, and heart, and lungs, are strong, but all the connective tissues are weaker. Could I be aging?  (No impossible.)  Arrived in Menomonie and went to dinner at a place above Lake Menomonie. Nice view. This photo doesn’t do it justice. Not so weird eating alone in these days of the smart phone.

Today I woke to rain that was ending early. I decided to take a short ride to near Minneapolis and visit a sports medicine clinic the next day (it being Sunday) and take Monday off to rest the ankle. Unfortunately, 5 miles in I popped another spoke. Same side, and because of the cassette, impossible to repair with tools I carry. I called Better World Club (AAA for bikes!), but I was more than my allotted distance (30 miles) form an open bike shop. I was able to true the wheel enough to ride, and traveled 45 miles to Hudson, not far from Minneapolis. Tomorrow, I will use BWC to carry the bike to a shop in Minneapolis (and me to a human shop) to repair us both.
Wisconsin has been really great. This image captures it. Nice road, well-marked, pretty scenery. I highly recommend Wisconsin for cycling.

And more pretty scenery.

And an oddly named town.

Here’s some of the first large scale irrigation systems I’ve seen.  It’s getting drier and drier.  I love the pattern of the irrigators.  they look like a dinosaur.

There have been lots of yard signs throughout NY, ON, MI, and WI for and against fracking and wind turbines.  My favorite (no picture sadly) was a big one that said NIMBY in huge letters.