Back in the Saddle again!

I was back in the saddle again yesterday after my crash of last Saturday. We decided to ride the newly opened Badger State trail from Belleville to Monticello and what a good decision that was. The trail is lovely with just the right amount of shade and sun to make for a comfortable ride. The grade is quite level and the scenery is a mix of hills, beautiful wild flowers and some stone bluffs. All in all one of our favorite trails so far. We arrived in Belleville, our first time in this cute community south of Madison. Found a place to park near the Library and unbungied our bikes. Since the bike incident in Iowa we now bungie the bikes on with quite a few bungie cords to insure that it will stay on the car. Three miles south of Belleville you ride through the Stewart Tunnel. It isn't as long as the tunnels on the Sparta/Elroy trail, but it curves so you cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak.