Bicycle Touring
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 5: Skei to Dalseter
A much simpler day, finally! We did the usual morning things (breakfast in the hotel – another banger buffet, packing up, all that) and were on the road…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 3: Oslo to Sjusjøen
Eight solid hours of sleep, and only this morning did it really sink in how lucky we’d been yesterday. I could have dropped that passport just about anywhere,…
Ben & Liz
Spring Fling 2026
Spring Fling 2026 — Day 4: Lancaster to Blue River
The day started like many others lately with the continental breakfast at the hotel. Pretty standard fare — I had a waffle, except I stood there listening to…
Spring Fling 2026
Spring Fling 2026 — Day 3: Galena to Lancaster
Day three started beautifully. Galena has one of those genuinely lovely exits — out through the old residential neighborhoods, quiet streets, a Saturday morning that makes you feel…
Spring Fling 2026
Spring Fling 2026 — Day 1: Madison to Rockford
Spring had been scheming against us for a while, so Harald and I decided to scheme right back. A few months back we started cooking up a five-day…
Alps 2024
Alps 2024 – The Wind Down and The Return
The main event is complete, but there’s still plenty of stuff to resolve. It’s Saturday afternoon and I’m at a vacation rental in Rablà (Italy). My flight back…
Alps 2024
Alps 2024 — Day 11: Vipiteno to Rablà via Merano
Last night I started feeling a bit unwell and found I couldn’t eat very much and my stomach was upset. This isn’t uncommon for me, but it was…
Alps 2024
Alps 2024 — Day 10: Villabassa to Vipiteno
Last night we woke up in a small B&B that we’d booked the afternoon prior. This has been our normal process — put together a rough plan for…
Alps 2024
Alps 2024 — Day 8: Pieve di Cadore to Sauris
Last night we had “the talk”: A routing discussion where we took a close look at the remaining “aspirational” route through Italy and Slovenia to see what’s practical…
Alps 2024
Alps 2024 — Day 7: Selva di Val Gardena to Pieve di Cadore
A good rebound for us after an exhausting day yesterday. Still a lot at 102km and 2000m of climbing, but most of the climbing was done by 1:30…