Smooth Pavement

Utica Loop: 21.51 miles
Tandem Pedal Time: 1 hour 39 minutes, average speed 12.9

We are working hard to get 500 miles for the month of August and came from within 9 miles of that goal today with 5 more days left to this month. We routed to Utica with a rest stop at Brewskies. We queried our man George, Brewskies’ bartender, about the construction situation on US-14 heading back towards Saint Charles and were amazed to learn the paving was complete, just some painting left to do. We get excited about new pavement so on down the road we went and what a smooth ride it was. We reached Saint Charles just as the town’s summer fest was wrapping up. We returned waves from those still milling around the tents downtown as we rolled on through on our bicycle built for two.