Day 66 - 67

Day 66
Menominee to Eau Claire. 
Breakfast at McDonald's. Another good part of biking is that you can eat pretty much what you want and not have to worry to much about the side effects of poor eating. After fueling up on eggs bread and grease we hit the road with another beautiful sunny day. Our route today was on and off country roads. At some point we had to ride onto busy highways, thankfully there is a wide shoulder without to much debris. Highway 10 was a direct shot into Eau Claire, so we decided to stick with the highway, hoping it would be a little bit faster paced as well. We found another route to town through the back streets in neighborhoods, which led to a bike path and further more lead to a Wallmart. Cheap food is to tempting, we made a stop to stock up on sandwich materials before heading to the campsite for the night. Calling ahead a staff member said that they had a large campsite that would be able to fit all five of us. Secluded in the back of the grounds away from the numerous R.V.s in the regular sites. Amazed by a huge field we set up our tents a good 20 feet away from each other, just cause we had the room. (Maybe to get away from each others smells as well.) After our rounds of long showers we had dinner and talked into the night till we spotted dark luminous clouds overhead. We ran and took shelter in our tents before the rain got us. 

Day 67
Eau Claire to Fall creek
When we first Started this trip, the first two hours of the morning would be spent packing up our gear, while Hank sat reading already done. His wilderness program trained him in very quick packing. After two months everyone is putting on their last pannier in around 25 minutes. Packing our sleeping bags, rolling up our air mattresses, re packing our clothes from the night before, rolling out of tent, disassembling them, rolling them up while cleaning and re-loading our bike with our panniers, has become a very efficient morning procedure. Food has become a very good motivator on this trip. We planned to get out Neilsvillewakeup right when the sun rises to be on our bikes before anyone found us sleeping where we weren't allowed.