Getting the Lead Out

Home-RRT-Rushford: 44.05 miles
Comments: Ride Time was 3 hour 47 minutes, average speed: 11.5

No speed records today but we sure had a great time. Our ride began from home with plans to pedal to Rushford for lunch at Stumpy’s. We biked the roads to Peterson where we picked up the Root River Trail to continue on to Rushford. The sun shines down for another wonderful biking day with temps in the 70’s and winds blowing out of the SE—thank goodness we would have the wind to our backs on our return trip. Lunch plans in Rushford changed when we waited 15 minutes at Stumpy's and still no waitress acknowledged us. We got up, left and pedaled down the block to try a new pub called Shawnee’s. We enjoyed it there. The food was satisfying and the waitress was at our table the moment we sat down. After lunch, we had to talk ourselves into getting back on the bike as we both knew what lie ahead for us—the mountainous climb out of Rushford! This is a 500-foot climb to the top but we did it saving a wee amount of energy to make it the rest of the way home. Now for a well-deserved trip to the hot tub!