Two consecutive "centuries!"

Today, Wednesday, July 21, we went over 100 miles for the second day in a row. Today's ride from Wausau to Green Bay was a bit easier than yesterday's. No flat tires. No thunder storms. No getting kicked off of the highway. We rode on mostly "back roads" of Wisconsin, and the traffic was sparse. The biggest difference was the tailwinds. At times we were able to go over 20 miles an hour on flat stretches of road. We got finished with the ride a lot sooner than yesterday. I failed to mention in yesterday's blog that some people did not get in until nearly 8 PM! Today, most of us were to Green Bay by 4:30 PM.

Actually, we are in the small town of Oneida, on the Oneida Indian Reservation! Our host family, the Falks, made a wonderful meal for us, and then we went to their church to get showers. We are now well-fed and clean, a combination that doesn't happen very often on this tour...at least not during the day when we are grinding out the miles. One of the special things about tonight's schedule is that one of the Falk children has just returned from Thailand, working in the very Community Center that we are raising money for! It will be great to hear more about it and possibly see some pictures! I don't mention enough about our cause on these blogs. The more we talk about it as we travel along, the more my heart goes out to these mostly women and children who are in poverty and have very little to really live for. We are certainly raising awareness for all types of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, but specifically for this one village in Thailand.

So, it was a mostly good day. One big "bummer" was the fact that one of our leaders had his bike frame brake today...that will be a major fix. Tomorrow we start heading south for a few days, as bicycles that cross large bodies of water, such as Lake Michigan, have not been invented yet. It will seem strange going south rather than east. By Monday we will get to Chicago, bend around the southern tip of the lake, and start going east once again. Thanks for thinking of us, and reading these word descriptions. Zach periodically posts photos on his Facebook page, and you can get there through my Facebook, as well.

Tim and Zach