As usual we woke up at six, but this morning we had two special surprises. The smell of Wisconsin cow was drifting through the air at our campsite and the temperature was definitely in the forties. Needless to say, it was a pain crawling out of our sleeping bags, but there was one thing that made it all worth it… FERRY DAY!!! This is the day I have been waiting for the entire trip. Crossing Lake Michigan on the S.S. Badger has gotten me over the Cascades and the Continental Divide, and today we are living the dream.
We left the campground at 7:30 with only forty miles of road stretched in front of us. It’s amazing how much more enjoyable biking is when you only have forty miles total. Usually for us that’s just one segment of the day. When we got to town we enjoyed a quick lunch, and then boarded the ferry, which was taking us to our last time zone.
The Badger had amenities we couldn’t even have dreamed of: A movie theater, a kids zone, a gift shop, and more, but what we found most interesting was the map of the United States. It was the first time we had seen a map of the entire country. Looking at all we had done, we were elated. The group must have been in front of the map for easily ten minutes admiring what we had accomplished.
Over the loudspeaker they announced that they were having a “Badger Idol”. Immediately we knew our group had to be a part of that. Sarah and Parker bravely stepped forward and earned some serious respect from the rest of the group. Parker performed a luscious rendition of “And So It Goes”, which wooed audience members, and Sarah sang “When I’m 64”. Her performance involved multiple twirls and in typical Sarah fashion, a great smile. Both performances blew the competition out of the water, but the audience chose Sarah’s as the winner. The prize was $100 Gift cards, which we all spent in the gift store within twenty minutes before we finished “10 Things I Hate About You”.
Now we are all enjoying a night in a hotel with real beds. Tomorrow looks like it’s going to be brutal so we will all be hitting the hay pretty soon before we’re rudely awoken by the obnoxious alarm clock. See you tomorrow!!!
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Congratulations, Sarah, and Good Job, Parker. Is there any video documentation of these great performances? It is so entertaining to have the blog. You have many followers.Thank you for keeping it up.
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Way to go Sarah and Parker! Sarah, sounds like the acting class and music lessons paid off...Hope you bought some good stuff at the gift shop.
ReplyDeleteKeep on working on the 'centipede vs accordian' issue in your paceline. I will expect to see you guys riding in a group like a well oiled machine by the time I meet you in NY State!
See you in a week!