Omaha / Somewhere in middle America
Get right to the heart of matters  / It’s the heart that matters more
I think you better turn your ticket in  / And get your money back at the door
– counting crows

It became downright spooky when we arrived in the community of Elroy, WI  early Sunday afternoon.  Elroy is where the stars, or I should say the bike trails align.  The 400 Trail, The Elroy Sparta Trail & The Omaha trail all meet in this little town.  It’s here where the Elroy Commons, a renovated train station with gift shop, showers and bike rentals, stands as a gateway to about 100 miles of beautifully maintained bike trails. It’s here where we found out there were no restaurants, no shops of any sort and not a car on a road or a person on a sidewalk. Not even a cliché dog barking in the distance.  Having just watched a flick from New Zealand called, “The Quiet Earth”, the day before, we had the spooky feeling we’d arrived on set.

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