On the road… or trail… again.

Last night Liz and I joined the celebration of the end of one trip of our Norwegian friends, and prepared for the beginning of our own this morning. Unfortunately for us, often the things one does at the end of a trip (drink, stay up late, etc) are not the things one does at the […]

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Test Ride

We loaded up the bikes today and took them on a very, very, very short test ride (~2 miles). Liz is dealing with front bags for the first time and Ben has a little “shimmy” in the front due to uneven bag weights, but overall it went pretty well (knocking on wood…).

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State Park #1

It looks like Governor Dodge State Park will be our first destination for the “Bliz State Park Bike Tour 2012.” We hope to arrive early on Sunday in order to explore the park and maybe take a dip in one of these…

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Change in Plans

Well…we attempted to put the bikes in boxes today as a test run for the train.  Ben’s bike barely fit – with NO room for bags in the box. Looks like we will leave from Madison instead.  Ben is in the process of putting together an awesome route for us…more to come later.

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Here We Go Again!

The bikers will be staying a bit closer to home this summer and they will actually be on bikes!  We purchased a few Amtrak tickets to the Twin Cities last week.  We will leave from Milwaukee on July 24th with our touring bikes in boxes and Ben will put them together in Minneapolis (in a […]

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