Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Day 14 - 65 miles Eau Claire to River Falls

No rain in the forecast until late afternoon at our destination of River Falls. It was a pleasant journey out of Eau Claire since the streets were quiet at 6:30 in the morning.

We were on a nice bike path for a short time that took us past a community garden.






There were no places to have breakfast after 30 miles but did find a small bakery in Spring Valley that had tasty strawberry-rhubarb and raspberry muffins.

Good that we fueled up since it turned into our most climbing day on the tour.



We were within 15 miles of River Falls and thought we were lucky when we had fresh new asphalt to bike on that was so smooth. It was great for a few miles until we were forced to ride on freshly poured asphalt for about 4 miles which coated our bike tires.

Looking perfect for awhile:



Oh oh - this does not look good:



Cathy avoiding the fresh asphalt as long as possible.



We made it to the end of the road construction and contemplated if we needed new tires or not. We went to a bike shop and we decided since we had only one day left to bike we scraped off our tires after first reducing our frustration with beer and cheese curds 😏





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Location:Spring St,River Falls city,United States

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