Day 33, June 22^nd, Wisconsin Rapids, WI to Union Center, WI.  There was no breakfast at the Mead Hotel but there was a Pancake breakfast at the High School as part of the Cranberry Festival.  We had trouble finding the high school and Dave wanted to stop at Burger King but I refused more fast food and found a great dinner.  The day was cool and clear; perfect riding weather.  We headed south along the Wisconsin River for several miles and then west to find County Route G to go south to the Elroy-Sparta Rail Trail area.  Wisconsin must be doing some major improvements to roads and Route G was closed.  We stayed on State Route 54 but traffic was fairly light and as usual Wisconsin drivers are very aware of bicycles and gave us plenty of room.  We followed the detour and the route was almost flat and straight through the Wisconsin farmland.  Attached is a picture for sister Barb of some baby cows.  We passed a Casino out in the middle of nowhere called No Chunk, one of several owned by the local Native American tribe.    Our first stop was the town of Necedah after almost 45 miles.  We ate lunch at the Little Crane Café, named because the Whooping Crane once migrated in great numbers to this area for the summer.  We made a 15 mile ride to Mauston, another flat stretch, took a short break for our usual ice cream break, and then headed for Union Center.  The stretch on Route O ruined my excellent route selection for the day.  The road took us up a small valley and over one of the hills in the area.  The last climb proved too much for both of us and we had to push the last 50 or so yards.  Once over the hill the ride was mostly downhill to Elroy and then we took part of the rail trail to Union Center.  Our motel, the Garden City Motel is a left over from the 60’s but was clean and the showers were hot.  There is a Golf Course across the street that had a great Friday night buffet dinner.  Total miles for the day were 76.6.  Tomorrow on to La Crosse.