Day 29, Jun 18^th,  Manitowoc, WI to Green Bay WI.  Last night we did a check of the route across Wisconsin on the Adventure Cycling maps.  It turned out to be more of a ride around Wisconsin going far to the north of the state and then back south to Minneapolis.  I am sure the ride would be stupendous but Dave and I reasoned that it would be more of the same rural riding that we had in Michigan.  We both wanted to see some interesting places.  We were lucky to find a Wisconsin road map at the hotel and we started planning a new route.  First up was a trip to Green Bay which would not take us too far off the route and give us a day to further research.  The route was very simple.  Take County Route R north from Manitowoc to Green Bay.  Today the wind was quite strong from the south and we rode the wind at 15-20 mph most of the way.  We had a couple of hills but we made great time.  We saw a strange sight along the way.  It was the shell of an old hotel called the Maribell Cave Hotel.  We rode through downtown Green Bay and visited Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers and did a tour of the Packer Hall of Fame.  You don’t have to be a Packer fan to appreciate what this team has meant to creation and growth of the NFL.  The Packers are unique in that the community owns the team and have raised money through stock sales when times were tough to keep the team solvent.  We ate at the Curly Lambeau Pub inside the stadium.  I had “Titletown Booyah” a chicken soup and Dave had a sampler of pretzels and “cheese curds”.   We spent some time this afternoon finishing our new planned route to Minneapolis.  We found some neat “rail-to-trail” spots to ride.  We will go west, then south and then north again.  There is also  the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay that we couldn’t see today.  I am forcing Dave (jk) to sleep in and visit the museum tomorrow.  Haven’t seen a train in a couple of days and am getting cranky.  We finished the day with dinner at the Brett Farve Steakhouse across the street from our hotel.  Mileage today was 44.06.