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Month: March 2025

Return to Burkesville

Posted on March 31, 2025 by David Harris

We’ve been visiting Burkesville KY since 2019. The weekend event is named River Festivus and it’s been improving each year we visit. We may have never attended this festival and race had it not been for the points competition in 2019 that had us traveling all around Kentucky and Ohio. The Mighty Cumberland River Run…

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Our Last Day in Wisconsin

Posted on March 22, 2025March 17, 2025 by David Harris

Day 12 and 13 This would be our last full day in Wisconsin for this trip. Neither of us had ever been to LaCrosse WI but there seemed to be a lot of sights and activities. But first, we stopped at Sparta WI for coffee. A couple of to-go cups and we were back on…

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Spending a Day in Western Wisconsin

Posted on March 16, 2025 by David Harris

Day 11 We woke to a beautiful Thursday. Our first destination was about an hour west to West Salem. The La Crosse River trail. We pedaled 10 miles round trip from West Salem to Bangor. It was starting to warm up a little and the vegetation bugs were starting to fly. We made sure we…

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To the Elroy-Sparta Trail and Beyond

Posted on March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 by David Harris

All we had scheduled for today was ride on the Elroy-Sparta Trail. Mary and I had biked on the trail before so we kind of had an idea of what to expect. So after breakfast, we drove to Norwalk to catch the trail. The Elroy-Sparta trail is touted to be one of the first rail…

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