Hey Singletrack-
You pegged our ride location exactly!! We live in the country, so we are always riding the roads near home. I like the path to Pere Marquette, but it never fails--one of us gets a flat somewhere on that ride! As a matter of fact, after the trailer incident, we decided we would just end our ride early, so we turned around to come home. Then, whattyaknow, my "hero hubbie" goes flat. Just the perfect ending to an awful ride!! But we changed it in a jiffy, then climbed Elsah hill home!!Whew! Do you ride out here very often?