Yup. Relief has arrived. We hit the shore of Lake Michigan today, and it suddenly feels like we’re at the coat. It’s midafternoon, 67, and breezy. Aah!

During the years I rode on RAGBRAI (the famous July bike ride across Iowa) I often talked to riders from western states who were experienced in high-heat cycling. To a man (and a woman) they agreed that the humidity in the mid-west adds a whole new, unexpected dimension.

For sure, the humidity has been here this week, but it'll get much worse in the next two months. Get out while you can!

Can't see it but definitely can imagine the heat.

Nice to see there are shade trees, should an overheated cyclist need to escape from the sun.

Geez! Sounds like an awful and scary experience.

So glad that there were some kind and wonderful Wisconsinites to step in and help!!

I don't like that your weather has been so Undaunted Porridge-like.

Hope there's some relief from the heat in the days to come.

Looks like you caught him mid-gobble!

I’m sure you’re right about the humidity and heat. Thinking back over the decades, some of my worst episodes were in conditions like this.

Or maybe this was their starter barn until they could build the one of their dreams.

It really is a beautiful state. It’s great for cycling too, at least in the band we’re passing through - the alphabet roads and the like are nearly all very quiet, pleasant, and well surfaced. It’s unfortunate that it’s been so hot, but I imagine it’s spectacular in the fall.

The ten thousand square feet was not quite enough space?

Oh man! Because of my experiences with high heat and humidity and its affects on the body, I suspect it might have had as much to do with you having an SVT as the absence of your meds. Electrolytes.

If they repeat the names of roads I guess might as well repeat river names too! I do like the people of Wisconsin though. I love the lay of the land too: rolling farmland in the south and many lakes, rivers and forests in the north. A truly beautiful state.

What's with Wisconsinites to be so uncreative about road naming?

With all that heat and humidity it will probably still be "knee high by the fourth."

I was relieved too. It’s been a long time since I’ve had anything like this one. I don’t tolerate heat and high humidity that well.

Yes, without the heat. It’s bad luck, really - it’s early to have such a heat spell. When we biked through near here in late June four years ago it was wet and cold. The climate here is very unpredictable.