We started the day knowing that it was going to be dramatically colder, and probably rainy, with about 85 miles of cycling between where we started and where we planned to end the day. All of those things turned out to be true...except for the cycling part. Earlier in the week, after discovering that the … Continue reading Day Five: Lake Mills to Racine: Kindnesses, beauty, and a little hypothermia
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Day Three: West Salem to Baraboo: Tunnels and trails
Today’s ride ended up being 86 miles, and started on a wet parking lot adjacent to the Americinn and Peterbilt Trucks in West Salem after some morning rain. We felt good and left ahead of schedule and crossed the highway to get to the Lacrosse River bike trail, with big trucks driving all around us. … Continue reading Day Three: West Salem to Baraboo: Tunnels and trails
Pedaling 90 miles from the yurt to Crow Wing State Park, and 78 to Walker, MN
We woke up to the first rooster at 4:15 am on Friday after a great but short night of sleep at the yurt, and slept intermittently as rooster two and three and four joined in and the sun started to rise. Packing up didn’t take too long and the resident peacocks saw us off as … Continue reading Pedaling 90 miles from the yurt to Crow Wing State Park, and 78 to Walker, MN
Last day on the Big BAM
The last day of our 315 mile ride could be summed up as headwind/sidewind/headwind/sidewind/headwind/sidewind/break for breakfast/headwind on a busy road with a terrible shoulder/sidewind/headwind/sidewind/drizzle/headwind/sidewind/headwind/long ride on Mexico Gravel Road/headwind/drizzle/done. Or at least that is the way it seemed to me. The original route for this ride was supposed to take us from Moberly to Arrow … Continue reading Last day on the Big BAM
The Big BAM
In the summer of 2017 we did our first RAGBRAI, a ride that spans the state of Iowa, starting at the Missouri River and ending at the Mississippi. It was quite a thrill to ride with 10,000 other people through cornfields and small towns and to have people wave and cheer us on, and feed … Continue reading The Big BAM
Tour de Pepin
Last weekend we drove to Lake City, MN to do the Tour de Pepin, an annual organized ride that follows Lake Pepin, a beautiful glacial lake that is part of the Mississippi River. We opted for the 72 mile route, though were envious of the riders on the 35 and 50 mile routes as they … Continue reading Tour de Pepin
