Yesterday was a pretty great day. We all suited up and headed up to Washburn, WI, the county seat of Bayfield County, a small town on Lake Superior, so Pat and Gwen could get a marriage license. Pat was stressing all night about not having his social security card, which no one has, but the form stated they needed. It was way more casual than you could have imagined. There was a question on the form asking if you are fertile or not. I told the woman that seemed not appropriate, but she said they needed that information if cousins marry. Wow was all I could come up with.

It was a 62 mile ride up to Washburn and we did it under 3 hours, tailwind. Pat pulled the whole way, me most of it too. Bill did the first hour and then I took over. I am feeling a little tweaked from all this activity and wasn’t having the best day. Plus, I’m not big on tailwind riding. Makes my butt hurt, not enough pressure on the pedals.

It’s pretty warm up here right now. By warm, I mean it is already in the 60’s this morning. I think singletrack is the choice today. It is going muggy in the woods. I still am riding a rigid fork, so I’m getting beat up a little here off-road, but it is normally super smooth, so it isn’t that big a deal.

Okay, some pictures from yesterday.

Our group heading North to Lake Superior. Trudi turned around after about an hour to ride back and drive the van up to pick us up.

Dennis messin’ around, practicing his reverend deal.

Pat and Gwen in front of the Bayfield County Courthouse.

This is Molly, who is singing at Pat and Gwen’s wedding. And this is her tour bus. Super cool.

We stopped at an apple orchard outside Bayfield.

There were apples everywhere there. Oct. 4-5 is the Apple Festival up there.

You can still pick blueberries here still.

Making apple pie before dinner.

Gwen made homemade pasta too.

There is something to be said about a nicely set dinner table.