Day Seven - The Final Day of the Ride!
WoW!!!
I can't even believe we are on our last day. I did not want it to end.
So the night before we stayed in Potosi, WI - a quiant little town along the river. I will say the hills coming in on Day six were relentless. I think I said in my last post, that it was fairly flat, yeah I forgot until I just started to write it down here.
The hills were crazy again. Oh my god, I thought I was going to have to use my fundraising money from American Heart to use for my own personal heart issues. Holy shit were the hills hard, long, and steep.
So the night (on day six) we all were so tired, but we went out for dinner at the Potosi Brewery where we met the owner - Rex! I should've taken a picture of him, he was a weird guy - he wore pleated silk pants (tan) with a black silky shirt with palm trees on it. Ick.

After dinner, we all went back to the local elementary school/church gymnasium we were sleeping in...see below for our sleeping quarters. Some played a lil basketball and others relaxed until we hit the bars that night.

The name of the bar we went to across the street from the school/church - was..."Scooter's Roadhouse" Classic!

We ordered up several pitchers of Spotted Cow, ran the jukebox, and began to dance the night away.


Great evening with great friends!
Now onto the last day of the ride...sad, so sad!
So Dave Browne's parents came to the start of the last day of the ride. We presented them with a team jersey and they started talking about their son and how much Team242 has carried on his memory...so sad and moving. :(

It took the group a little bit longer to pack up in the morning...as you see even the boys had to have a wrestling match.

Ann was so generous to come and sag for us the last day...she even pimped out her mini-van for us! The start time for the ride was scheduled for 10am, so that other friends or family members could join us on the last day of the ride since it was only 23 miles. Shane and George joined us. They parked the car at the 'finish line' and rode up to Potosi to meet us.


Some more pics before we all start our final 23 mile journey...



We finally take off...and it starts to rain. Shoot! I don't want it to rain on the last day, but then I think, thank god, it is only 23 miles. Easy - schmeasy...we rode some incredible downhills. Stopped at a rest stop after riding 10 miles.

We all meet up less than a 1/2 mile from the finish line to ride in as a group. Here I am bringing up the rear coming in after riding for 6 days and a lot of miles. Can't believe it is over.

The group picture - that was a bittersweet moment.

Total ride time with stops: 2:20:00
Ride Time: 1:49:00
Mileage: 23
Weather: Rain, cold, windy
Average speed: 14.0
The End! Here is to 'White Lightning' that got us to the end.