Day 35 - Roger + Jeff's + Luigi's = Perfection!!!!

The day began beautifully, with a stop at Fond du Lac's lighthouse on the edge of Lake Winnebago.

Here's Don, the only one in our group to climb the 75 steps to the top of the lighthouse to get the gorgeous views of the lake.   The rest of of admired his energy.

Breakfast had been very early that morning, so when the "hugries" hit mid-morning, we sought food in Marytown at the cafe, Jeff's Marytown Tap.  Bellying up to the long, wooden bar in Jeffs, we were delighted to find they had wonderful home-made cinnamon rolls, delicious cups of black coffee, and eggs Benedict that looked like they had a side of ham on the muffins.  Here's Gardner and me after our wonderful, filling Jeff's experience.

We met Greg along the trail, looking splendid in his Lucky Labrador jersey that was also the envy of many of our bikers.

Arriving in our destination town of Manitowoc, the celebration began when Don and my friend of many, many years, Roger Davis, met us there after driving 3+ hours from Chicago.  Roger arrived with refershing Chicago beer and sparking water, as well as his roomy van with Kansas Jayhawk license plates.

Into the lobby we went, where Drew was the first to point to our accomplishment of biking to the east side of Wisconsin from the west coast of Oregon.

This was immediately followed by Holly, Don and Roger, doing the same.

Roger was over-the-top wonderful to us all, providing a ride for as many as his van would hold to the laundromat.  Here's where those liquid refreshments came in really handy while toiling over a hot washer and dryer.

Clothes washed, plans for the next two day's rides covered at the RAP session, and it was time for the Oregon Four and our Massachusetts adoptee to join Roger for a lovely Lake Michigan restaurant for some wave watching.

The perfect ending to the day was Roger's dinner plan for whisking us off to Luigi's Italian Restaurant just on the outskirts of Manitowoc, where we were wined and dined to our heart's content.    And.....not one buffet line was in sight!

  It was the perfect ending to a wonderful day.  Many thanks, Roger!

Day 36 "Rest" Day....only 7 miles to ride and many more to transport via the SS Badger ferry ride across Lake Michigan.  Photos of this and Day 37 Recap of the 113 mile first day ride in Michigan tomorrow.