TIL Door County loves its cherries.
This is one of the coolest elevated boardwalks you will ever see. And I mean elevated.
Continue reading “Day 4 of the Wisconsin bike adventure: Stunning Eagle Tower and sunsets in Door County”Michicot to Sturgeon Bay by bicycle via Kewaunee
New Jersey has 24-hour diners. Wisconsin has supper clubs.
Continue reading “I’m introduced to supper clubs on day 3 of my Wisconsin bike adventure”Ships, shipwrecks, submarines and ice cream on day 2 of this Wisconsin bicycle adventure.
Now we’re starting to see small-town Wisconsin.
Continue reading “Day 2 biking in Wisconsin: 50+ miles from Sheboygan to Mishicot”More lessons, from food and water to a couple of things I had never thought to bring.
I recently compiled a list of 9 important lessons I learned from recent bicycle trips in Europe.
Now I’ve got eight more, some sparked by comments from readers.
Continue reading “Another 8 important lessons learned when biking in Europe”Everything from the big stuff (bringing a bike from the U.S. and finding a route) to the little stuff (laundry sheets!).
I love our bicycle adventures in Europe. All DIY, all different.
And we’ve learned from each one.
Continue reading “9 important lessons I’ve learned about biking in Europe”After more than 220 miles, we reach the London Eye and the end of the our bike ride from Paris to London.
After riding more than 220 miles on our bicycles from Paris, we are at the London Eye.
Continue reading “Day 5: We make it to London! Avenue Verte completed!”This was a tough day: 61 miles and nearly 3,000 feet of climbing.
We’ve made it to England! London no longer feels so far away.
But if I thought Day 2 of our adventure along the Avenue Verte was challenging, Day 4 had it beat.
Continue reading “Day 4 on the Avenue Verte: What it’s like from Newhaven to Crawley”The final 55 miles in France, weighed down by a large can of cassoulet.
It’s our last day on the Avenue Verte in France. We have 55 miles to bicycle from Gournay-en-Bray to Dieppe, there’s a climb with a 7% grade, we’re now carrying a heavy can of cassoulet au confit du canard for someone in England, and we need to make the 6 p.m. ferry across the English Channel.
Can we do it without stressing?
Continue reading “Avenue Verte Day 3: We reach Dieppe and take the ferry to England”A bike route from Note Dame in Paris to the London Eye? Of course I had to ride it.
A bicycle route from Paris to London? From the Seine to the Thames and connecting Notre Dame and the London Eye? That’s like waving a red flag in front of a bull — of course I had to do it.
Continue reading “Avenue Verte: Day 1 of bicycling from Paris to London”Just how bike-friendly is Strasbourg? And what about the food?
Strasbourg calls itself the most bike-friendly city in France (and fourth in Europe). So of course I had to check it out.
Continue reading “On and off the bike in and around Strasbourg”
Exploring by bicycle 