One Couple’s Quest for Fun Kayaking, Cool Bike Trails and a Great Cup of Coffee
Our never-ending search for that great cup of coffee during out trips across the US. Our goal is to visit local or regional coffee shops and cafes. These are often times a little bit out of the way. And we only mention places that we enjoyed so if it’s listed, it’s worth a try-at least we think so.
Day One After extensive and detailed research, followed by weeks of committee discussions, along with a really close ballot, it was determined that the 2025 Paddle Pedal and Coffee Tour would be in Michigan. That’s not really quite true. I found two kayak events in Michigan spaced a week apart in mid-July so we figured,…
Well at least according to Alice Cooper Seeing Alice Cooper’s concert has been on my bucket list for quite a while. Mary was a little dubious. After all, he does have a reputation for an edgy, shocking, and sometimes downright distasteful show. I knew what to expect. Mary knows now! The show was in Moline…
2021 Sturgis Better late than never post? Recently, while reviewing some older posts, I realized that after our 2021 South Dakota trip (including several stops in Iowa), I had only included stories about stops we made in Iowa. So this post is a little different. It will show the SD part of the trip using…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Day 9 After breakfast it was a 12 minute drive to Mauston WI. We wanted to check out the pickleball courts. We found Lions Park on the south side of town. The courts were in really good shape and not busy at all. It was time for our late morning coffee so we chose Beyond…
Day 8 We started heading west towards Madison when we realized we had forgotten our life vests. We had taken them out of the van because when they dry out they smell like the lake we just visited. We were going to be gone for five days so we had to turn around and head…
Day 6 Our plans today and tomorrow were to spend some time in Milwaukee. For breakfast we drove about 15 minutes to Allie Boys Bagelery. I didn’t know there was such a thing as a bagelery. My spell checker doesn’t either. We visited a farmers market in Whitefish Bay and then headed home to get…