Europe
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 4: Sjusjøen to Skei
A drizzly start. A parking lot repair. Lots of beautiful gravel. Even more climbing. These are the things to come! We slept in a bit, cleaned up the…
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
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Days 1 and 2: Madison to Oslo
Woke up at 4:30 in the morning, which sounds like punishment but was actually strategy: the whole idea was to drag ourselves a little closer to Norwegian time…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 0: Packing
So today we’re not headed out — we’re packing for the trip that gets us headed out tomorrow. We leave Madison in the afternoon, fly to Detroit, where…
Ben & Liz
Alps 2024
Announcing the 2024 Alps trip Video Series by Harald!
Last summer (July 2024) when Harald and I bikepacked through the Swiss and Italian Alps, we both captured hours and hours of video footage. Some of that made…
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 9: Sauris to Villabassa via Cortina
Surprise, surprise, today we’re going on a bike ride! There’s a certain routine to our days now. Harald and I can (and do) pack up without a word.…