{"id":15577,"date":"2018-06-18T20:02:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T01:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wohutravels.us\/?p=15577"},"modified":"2019-03-26T09:49:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T14:49:20","slug":"day-2-baraboo-elroy-40-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/?p=15577","title":{"rendered":"Day 2, Baraboo &ndash; Elroy, 40 miles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"01\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/01_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"01\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here we go, Day Two.\u00a0 A key to successful long distance touring is carbo-loading. And the Baraboo Best Western did not disappoint! Scrambled eggs, sausage, English muffins\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"02\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/02_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"02\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026oatmeal, waffles\u2026. all the calories one could want!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"03\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/03_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"03\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We left promptly at 9:00 after the rains ended; two inches fell overnight! We rode up Old Hwy 12 through a construction zone that was not bike-friendly!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"04\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/04_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"04\" width=\"1004\" height=\"858\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We then rode a lovely stretch toward Reedsburg, along North Reedsburg Road. Past historic farms\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"05\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/05_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"05\" width=\"1004\" height=\"629\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026with prairie natives like this spiderwort blooming in the ditches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"06\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/06_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"06\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>emJay stops to admire the no-till soybean field (camera wouldn&#8217;t focus because of her magnetic personality!!!)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fkd3mXUkbXk?rel=0\" width=\"760\" height=\"515\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"07\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/07_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"07\" width=\"1004\" height=\"474\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And after 14 miles of riding, we were in downtown Reedsburg, looking for a bakery! We couldn\u2019t find one so\u00a0 we settled for donuts and long johns at the Kwik Trip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"08\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/08_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"08\" width=\"1004\" height=\"507\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful historic homes along the main drag.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"09\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/09_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"09\" width=\"1004\" height=\"517\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026.as well as a puzzling mural.\u00a0 Where are they hauling these giant ice blocks?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/10_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"1004\" height=\"714\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And why is there a hatchet on the pole atop the time capsule? Rick was told the hatchet was in homage to\u00a0 the woodsmen who squared up the timbers into rectangular shapes. Of course!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/11-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/11_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>h<\/p>\n<p>Where but in Wisconsin do we advertise the cheapest markups allowed by state statute? Let\u2019s buy some more beer, then!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/12-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"12\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/12_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"12\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Reedsburg Chamber of Commerce staffs the trail headquarters owned by the WI DNR. This is the trail head for the 400 Trail. What\u2019s in a name? It took 400 minutes to travel from Minneapolis to Chicago, back in the Day. Beverly was welcoming and answered all our questions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"13\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/13_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"13\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>EmJay shows off her new 400 Trail T shirt!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"14\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reedsburg business is venting and burning off excess natural gas. But why?!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/15-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"15\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/15_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"15\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a biker\u2019s oasis along the trail. Friendly! And lots of tricycles on display too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/16-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/16_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"16\" width=\"1004\" height=\"751\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baby robin displaced by all the rain last night. S\/he sat very still as we checked him\/her out. Nature notes: riding across Wisconsin is as much about what you hear as what you see. Yesterday on the Lodi-Springfield Road, and today, lots of dickcissels, eastern meadowlarks, towhees\u2026.Lots of singing, especially in the mornings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/17-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/17_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"17\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MJ rides across one of many wooden bridges over the Baraboo River and its tributaries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"18\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/18_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"18\" width=\"1004\" height=\"583\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we rode into Wonewoc, we wondered why a trail station would be closed for the season in June. There was an adjacent horse trail, so maybe the horsies are done until later in the season\u2026due to the deerflies! See below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/19-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"19\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/19_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"19\" width=\"1004\" height=\"754\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Along the trail we saw several areas where turtle nests had been disturbed. Snacking raccoons or coyotes? We hope we are wrong and that everyone hatched and went on to live happy turtle lives. The painted turtle can live to be 55!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"20\" width=\"1004\" height=\"699\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bucolic biking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/21-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"21\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/21_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"21\" width=\"1004\" height=\"601\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stopped in LaValle which used to look like this! The bluffs are completely forested today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/22_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"22\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were pestered continually today by deerflies. See the 4 or 5 on MJ\u2019s shirt! They enjoyed biting us through our shorts, gloves and shirts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/23-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/23_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"23\" width=\"1004\" height=\"460\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stopped in tiny Union Center and shared a sandwich.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/24-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/24_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"24\" width=\"1004\" height=\"558\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Across the street was a chapel\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/25-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"25\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/25_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"25\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>with a year-around, 24\/7, round-the-clock vigil. Hey, who is on for 4:00?!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/26-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"26\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/26_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"26\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shhh. Vigil at work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/27-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"27\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/27_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"27\" width=\"1004\" height=\"716\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t say. Where is Tommy today?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"28\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is our new home, the Trail Gate B and B. Up a very steep hill!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"29\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/29_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"29\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our cozy room, the Steeple View\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"30\" width=\"1004\" height=\"557\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this is our view.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"31\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"31\" width=\"1004\" height=\"608\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the local restaurants are closed on Mondays. So innkeeper Debra will make her famous \u201cthe Works\u201d pizza if you make arrangements. Only for Trails Gate guests!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/32-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/32_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"32\" width=\"1004\" height=\"567\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deelicious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go, Day Two.\u00a0 A key to successful long distance touring is carbo-loading. And the Baraboo Best Western did not disappoint! Scrambled eggs, sausage, English muffins\u2026. \u2026oatmeal, waffles\u2026. all the calories one could want! We left promptly at 9:00 after the rains ended; two inches fell overnight! We rode up Old Hwy 12 through &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/?p=15577\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 2, Baraboo &ndash; Elroy, 40 miles<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[103],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15577"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15586,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15577\/revisions\/15586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}