Frogs and wind

Judging by the noise from the spring peepers, the central Wisconsin amphibian population is thriving. The sound levels were sufficient to prevent conversation on the bikes, particularly when there were marshes on both sides of the road. We rode 43m this afternoon on the `bents, in winds gusting well over 40kts from the south and air temps over 86ºF. By the time we were headed back from Rusty’s Backwater Saloon, where we stopped for dinner, clouds were massing in the western sky, heralds of the promised weekend rains, ending our day of summer.