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Our bodies and minds took a much needed break yesterday and today at beautiful Knapp’s Creek. George and Lianne are in the process of building a house on a beautiful piece of property along a creek that flows to the WI River. We spent a few days hammering nails, laughing, eating, drinking and taking COLD […]
Read More Resting the Legs and Healing the Saddle SoresStuck in Spring Green. I’m glad that WI is getting rain, but I kinda wish that our tour landed during the dry time of the summer. Looks like there is a chance of rain for the next 10 days…
Read More Rain.Hills. Hills. Hills. Ever since I began my life as a “serious” biker (a road biker), hills have always put fear into my heart. On group rides, I often get dropped on hills and on solo rides, I jump immediately into my small ring. I would rather be surprised by a hill and not see […]
Read More Anti-Polka Dot JerseyWe 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…).
Read More Test RideIt 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…
Read More State Park #1Well…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.
Read More Change in PlansThe 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 […]
Read More Here We Go Again!I am one lucky lady in many ways that I have Ben in my life – just one of those reasons is that he is an amazing traveling companion. Examples? Here they come… Ben has a positive attitude through every stressful situation. No spots left on the night train to Venice? No problem – let’s […]
Read More Best Travel Partner Ever!The haggard (and a little smelly…) bikers experienced a nice change of pace in Genoa Italy last night. 1,000 thanks to Dr. David Branson (Madison West shout out!) for a fabulous “home” experience last night. David opened his lovely apartment up to us and we took full advantage! Wine, cheese, laundry, home-cooked meal, great conversation […]
Read More The Kindness of Old Friends (while traveling)After visiting the champagne cellars at Mumm, I was blown away at how different the champagne process is from the normal wine fermentation process. The grapes are picked and squeezed and initially fermented (and all that jazz), but then the juice goes through two more fermentations. After the second fermentation (yes, most wine goes through […]
Read More Champagne vs. Sparkling Wine