One Couple’s Quest for Fun Kayaking, Cool Bike Trails and a Great Cup of Coffee
This section covers biking on woodland trails, paved trails and even roads.
Paddle Pedal & Coffee Tour of Wisconsin 2024 Day 2 We woke to beautiful weather on Tuesday. A perfect day to kayak. This morning, Kangaroo Lake was to be our destination. We’d tried to paddle on the lake last year but it was just too windy and rough to enjoy. This day promised to be…
If it’s the last week of July, it’s time for a bike ride in Iowa. Only one stage this year but worth it! I had originally planned to ride just two days this year with friends. The last two: day 6 and 7. But no matter how much you plan, life still happens. This year,…
Tour of Wisconsin Day 12 Milwaukee has some rather extensive bike trails including connections to trails that extend north and west across the state. Since this was our last full day in Wisconsin, we decided to stay in town and see where the in-town trails would take us. Oak Leaf Trail and it’s ‘branch lines’…
Or at least the area-Tour of Wisconsin Day 11 There was so much to do in this area of Wisconsin that we decided to head back in that general direction. It’s only 30 minutes from Milwaukee. We’d planned to go farther west the last couple of days but we’ll go to those places next time….
Tour of Wisconsin Day 10 We always enjoy Bruegger’s Bagels when we travel to Iowa so for breakfast before another big day we stopped at one of their 3 Wisconsin locations, this one located in Oconomowoc. We had their bacon egg and cheese bagels on a cheese bagel. Pretty good start to the day. And…
Tour of eastern and southern Wisconsin Day 9 Editors Note: Somehow, this article was never posted. So it may appear out of sequence with the others from Wisconsin 2023. We rolled out of Milwaukee around 8:00 AM and set our sites towards Beaver Dam, WI. But our first stop was in the town of Germantown…
Tour of Eastern Wisconsin Day 6 Since we’ve been visiting Door County, I have wanted to bicycle Bay Shore Drive. The road extends from Egg Harbor south to Sturgeon Bay along Green Bay. Today was the day. We set the ride to be an 18 mile one-way trip and planned to meet our wives for…
Tour of Eastern Wisconsin Day 5 We first visited Washington Island a few years ago and were looking forward to seeing it again. This day would turn out to be a full schedule. This post will be a long one as well. We headed to Ellison Bay and ate breakfast at Blue Bear. This restaurant…
Tour of Eastern Wisconsin Day 4 We arrived in Egg Harbor around 11:00. We would be staying with friends while there so we unpacked and then headed to Kangaroo Lake for some paddling. However, once we got there, we decided against going out on the lake. The winds were very strong, producing whitecaps. While we…
Coralville to Davenport Once again, we were up an out by 5:30 AM. We decided to catch the route just outside Iowa City, avoiding the traffic in Coralville. The previous night’s storm had brought in a little cooler temperatures but the humidity stuck around. This stage had only 1800′ of climb so we felt real…