Wisconsin, Badger State Trail

Southern Wisconsin is blessed with a network of rails-to-trails bike trails, but some allow ATVs which I consider a fatal flaw.  The Badger Trail, thankfully, does not allow ATVs and conveniently starts where the Illinois' Jane Addams trail ends at the state line.  

Today's ride starts in Freeport, IL with a turnaround at the tunnel near Monticello, WI.

Northern Illinois farmland

Illinois-Wisconsin Border

Southern Wisconsin farmland

Careful observers will readily notice the difference between southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois farmland (just kidding).  

But as I approach Monticello, the landscape becomes hilly and for the trains necessitated a tunnel.  The Stewart Tunnel is a 1/4 mile long and because of a slight bend is completely dark.

Stewart Tunnel

A pigeon in the tunnel that will be seeing camera flash for a week.

A cutie!

Duck face for a cow!

Same trail, different day

Gary and Mona taking a break

Don't stop there. The Badger Trail continues north and the Pecatonica Trail is just a
few miles from the south terminus of the Jane Addams trail.

-- Frizbo

States:	Wisconsin, Illinois
Date:	2011-06-12
Route:	Badger Trail (47 miles) and Jane Addams (25 miles)
Distance:	72 miles