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’…
The More You Know
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West to Oconomowoc
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…
Sturgeon Bay Maritime Museum.
Tour of eastern Wisconsin Day 8 This was our last day in Door County. We said goodbye to our hosts and headed south towards Milwaukee; but not before we stopped for some tourist stuff. We made stops at Door Artisan Cheese Shop in Egg Harbor(really old aged cheddar), apple stuff at Wood Orchard Market, also…
Ellison Bay, Bailey’s Harbor
Tour of eastern Wisconsin Day 7 We got up a little early and drove just a few minutes to Ellison Bluff County Park for a morning hike. The park is only 170 acres so it’s easy to get to and to get around. There is about a mile and an half of shoreline along the…
Washington Island
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…
River Festivus 2023, Burkesville KY
Yes, a Festivus for the rest of us We’re really growing fond of Kentucky. The beautiful country side, the rolling hills and a number of rivers and lakes that we’ve enjoyed paddling. And to get to most places that are worth going to, it’s mostly two-lane winding roads. Such is a risk-reward for traveling to…
Nooga Loop 6.7
Chattanooga Tennessee is an eight hour drive for us. That’s a little far for a race but this one looked particular interesting. So we thought we’d give it a try. The race was on Saturday so we headed out early Friday morning. Our first stop was one of our favorites, Joe Sippers in Effingham IL….
Dolliver State Park Iowa-2022
We wanted to try some hiking in Iowa but that proved a challenge – at least in the areas we visited. We did manage to find a nice little gem Dolliver State Park. The park is located about 20 minutes south of Fort Dodge along the Des Moines River. It has about 5 miles of…
Lake Okoboji, Arnolds Park and the Iowa Great Lakes, Iowa July-2022
We had visited Lake Okoboji on our trip to South Dakota the previous year. It was only a short stop and there was so much to see and do that it needed a second trip. Our destination was in the NW corner of Iowa, so starting at the furthest point of our tour and working…