A wonderful day. The most beautiful of the whole trip. Very nice weather and gorgeous scenery. Wisconsin is the state where my wife Vicki and I raised our two sons and made our living. It was 39 years ago today that Vicki and I were married. I dedicate this day to her. I've been on my bike for numerous of our anniversaries. Vicki has never had a cross word about my hobby. She supports and encourages me, I love her. We started the day climbing up and away from the Mississippi River into rolling farm land. Quite a bit of climbing the first half of the day then a flatter afternoon on nice rural roads. Portage, WI is the county seat of Columbia county. It gets its name from the action of boat traffic which used the location to "portage" between the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. Tomorrow we ride east then north east to Manitowoc, WI where we will ferry across Lake Michigan on Monday. Monday will be an official off the bike day. You will notice that I am back to the ride with gps program. It's working now and hopefully will for the rest of the trip.