Bicycle Touring
Resting the Legs and Healing the Saddle Sores
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…
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Highlands to Lowlands
Yesterday we made an epic trek across southwestern Wisconsin. We clocked in at 14 hill/valley traversals — and I’m not just talking about small or medium hills, but…
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Driftless Zone, we had missed you…?
A short post today, as we’re packing up this morning (Friday) and heading out as we speak. We left Whitewater Lake bright and early, as fast as possible,…
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Thundertent!
Thundertent — two bikers enter and…. two stay in. At least for awhile. We’re holed up in our tent at our campsite at Whitewater Lake State Forest. This…
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The Waiting is the Hardest Part
Here we go again on our Grand Tour of Southern Wisconsin, all up and 2013-style. Always ones to over-prepare, we’ve got lists for every possible situation in our…
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That’s how we roll
Our complete route.
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Devil’s Lake to Madison (belated)
Obviously we missed our opportunity for a timely wrap-up for our last day — sorry about that! This day had us scheduled for about 50 miles, thanks to…
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Wildcat Mountain to Devil’s Lake
Originally the day was supposed to end at Mirror Lake, but throughout the day I had a secret alternate agenda that I would put forth at the right…
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Wildcat Mountain^2
A quick glance at our route and possible campsites left us with no good alternatives — and we have no regrets. We pulled into Wildcat Mountain Start Park…
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There and back again (we had to do it)
For the past few days we’ve been puttering around on and around the rail trails of northern WI. The first reaction when getting on the trail is a…
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