Bicycle capital!!

So we went on a bike trip along the Elroy-Sparta state bike trail

about 3 hours west of Milwaukee. This bike trail is a converted

railway and is number 3 on the top ten bike trails of the midwest!

We got rained on, but we didn't mind because it kept us nice and cool!

So the coolest part about this trail is that there are 3 tunnels.

The longest of them is 3/4 of a mile long and you walk into complete darkness, we had a

flashlight, but a puny one so it was rather scary. We each had our moments of panic going through them but we got through safely each time. The long one has an ice cave over the top of it, so there is water running along the edges and falling from the ceiling as you are walking into pitch blackness.

So we rode from Elroy, WI 32 miles into Sparta, WI. Sparta is suposedly called the bicycle capital of America, because 4 state trails that were old RR converge there. The town itself was not all that exciting, but they have the largest bicycle and we also saw a bike that was made for 7 people to ride! It was crazy, I guess they used to ride it in parades but retired it because it was too difficult to get 7 people to be in sync to ride it. They wanted to put it in their bicycle museum but it wouldn't fit, so it is hanging on up on the ceiling of a popular bike shop just off the trail.








So this was our bed and breakfast. The house was 130 years old and was very neat. This floor was original and the owners told us that it was made from 32 different types of wood! We had a fabulous 4 course breakfast in the morning and went on our way!

So if any of you are ever in Sparta, WI. We totally recommend this place for dinner. They seat only about 4-5 tables and it is run out of a house but the pizza was amazingly wonderful!