Packing
Alps 2024
Alps 2024 — In Transit
Today’s my big travel day. I splurged and found a great flight to Stuttgart out of Madison through Atlanta. This, in lieu of our typical bus trip to…
You Say Yes
I guess it’s a common technique in improvisational comedy to say “yes, and…” when you’re reacting to or accepting the comedic baton from one of your on-stage performers.…
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Midtsommer Madness
A quick post to officially mark the start of the Bliz 2017 Solstice Spectacular trip. The plans are to visit Iceland and Norway over the next three weeks…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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large bags
I thought our bags might qualify for carry-on. They did so on a flight to San Francisco without issue. Unfortunately not for this international leg. Crossing our fingers…
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Packing – It’s Tricky Busines
I am still trying to wrap my mind around the idea that we will be roaming around Europe in two weeks. My fellow teachers and I received news…
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