Tuesday, June 19, 2012


Day 30, Jun 19, Green Bay, WI to Shawano, WI.  We slept in this morning (7:30), ate breakfast and then went to the National Railroad Museum.  The National Railroad Museum can use the “national” designation through an act of Congress, kind of a pork action.  The museum is not very large but does have quite a collection of steam and diesel engines and rolling stock.  There are a number of very old passenger and freight cars (like wooden box cars).  The museum does not receive government funding and appears to suffer from lack of funds.  A lot of the collection needs significant work. Still it was a very good morning for Arba and Wilma.  I think Dave also enjoyed the visit although he grumbled a lot.  We rode the excursion train around the grounds and got to ride in the ALCO S2 engine.   Back on the trail, we headed through Green Bay and linked up to the Mountain to Bay Recreational Trail (a rail-to-trail) in the town of Howard.  The MBRT is a lightly used trail.  The Howard County portion was well maintained but as we went west the trail became a little muddy from recent rains.  It was a nice ride and without auto traffic.  The day was very hot and humid and by 4pm we had all we wanted.  We stopped in the town of Shawano and found a cheap hotel, the Settle Inn.  Highlight of the day was the Railroad Museum.  Total mileage was 42.42.   



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