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Day 5 - Dodgeville to Dickeyville WI , 56 miles - Friday, July 11



I got a late start heading out of Dodgeville WI today. I decided I would catch up on my Blog and watch this morning's Tour de France, since the motel had the NBC Sports channel. 



I stopped in town for a nice breakfast and was on the road by 11:00 am. It was hard deciding today's route. I found 3 ways to get to Cassville. One was straight across on busy Hwy 18, then down. But Hwy 18 is 2-lane with no shoulders. 

My BikeThere app had me going straight down and catching the Wisconsin Cheese Trail, going an extra 20 miles out of the way. And the trail is multi-use, with horses and 4-wheelers sharing the loose gravel trail.

The last route was to head SW on Hwy 151, a busy 4-lane divided highway with 8-ft shoulders. After about 30 miles I'd head west on Hwy "O" to Potosi WI, picking up "O" just south of Plattsville. This is the route I decided to take.