Last August I got to race a tandem bike at Road America in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin. It was a 12 hour race to benefit Team Triumph to continue their mission to support a more inclusive community for disabled athletes. The event was thru the night 7pm-7am. Not really in my wheel house. But we made the best of it and had fun. We were able to get in 100 miles in 12 hours while still getting a relatively decent nights sleep.
I never thought I would be back in this area just one year later. As luck would have it, with an eye surgery and having to fly back home and then back to Milwaukee, I was not that far away. When I landed in Milwaukee I had no plans of how far I was going to go the first day back in the van. So I got on the Boondockers Welcome website and found a place to stay in the area. Turns out I found a wonderful location in Elkhart Lake. I signed up to stay for 3 days so I could reacclimate to vanlife. Day 1 it rained hard all morning so I reorganized the van.
During my day 2 bike ride I found historical road markers for the old road course in downtown Elkhart Lake. When car road racing was a thing. Certainly not going to happen anymore. It must of been amazing to watch let a lone drive. So I did a lap of the old course and here are the pictures of the signs.
Because of the bad quality of these pictures from my phone I'm going to start carrying my iPad on my bike rides.
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