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That’s a wrap! At about 12:00 in the afternoon I made it to the end of the route. My tires touched Lake Superior to make it official. I had chosen to make the final day the shortest in length knowing full well the drive that my wife was making to pick me up and bring me home. The riding on the final day went relatively smoothly, a bit of sand again slowed me down at times but by mile 20 I was high enough up to catch a view by looking down one of the straight roads to see the great l ......

Today was a day to trust the route, trust the line displayed on my Garmin. There were a few times where I was asking if this was still a trail. Some of these trails were my own doing when I rerouted to get me to my campground, none the less, don’t get me wrong I was loving it. The deer (bow) hunters and grouse hunters were up even earlier than as I saw my fair share of vehicles pulled off to the side of the road but other than today was a day spent mostly alone.The highlight of the d ......

Another glorious day in the Northwoods.I started my day by warming up and relaxing in the sauna at ROAM. There was plenty of heat from the night before, so I didn't even need to restart the wood fire. All I needed was to just get the chill out of my bones. Before long I was throwing a leg over my Cutthroat and beginning my trek to Perch Lake campground north of Drummond.A healthy dose of singletrack was on the menu for the day. I have been riding mountain bik ......

The trip has swung back into the 100% fun category. I feel like I might be a broken record, but I cannot express enough how much sunshine can make a difference when riding a bicycle. I woke up to a beautiful view of Black Lake, each camp site has a small trail down to the lake, so I made sure to walk down and enjoy my cup of coffee and Oatmeal as I looked out over the lake. Before long I had assembled my bike gear and promptly got to peddling I back tracked on the route a ha ......

I woke up this morning to ice that had formed in my water bottles and a heavy layer of frost on my tent. I was in no rush to get out of my tent figuring an early start on the bike only meant riding in the cold longer. Why not wait an hour and let the sun rise just a little bit more. That said I did finally rouse myself and hit the trail. Today’s route was very much the north woods experience. After I had crossed the Flambeau River, I turned off onto a side road and a ......

A warm bed, a hot shower, all my gear washed and dried, what more could you ask for? That is how I started my day. I chose not sleep in but rather got up early to pop over to the Ptown Saloon general store where Brandon and two locals were having coffee. They were watching the news on the tv and got quite interested in my route and how it had gone and where it would go.After having my fill of coffee and purchasing a few food stuffs from the store I ventured back over to the apar ......

There is an old adage that that there is never a bad day when you spend it on a bike. I was strongly questioning that as I put my head down into what felt like gale force winds with ice pellets biting into my skin. My feet still blocks of ice after crossing a stream with temps in the mid 20s.I started out the morning rolling out of my tent, packing up most of my gear and then venturing into the shower/bath house to make breakfast and charge up as much stuff as I could on the electrical outl ......

I first discovered the Levis Trow trail system around the year 2000. I was attending school at Winona State and a friend, and I took a road trip up to the area to try out the trails. Ever since then I've been trying to get back at least once a year as the trails are fun and their distance from any major metropolitan area keep them a little more rugged than the buffed-out trails of a metro area. The first 10 miles of the day were all through the system: Snodgrass > Switchback > ......

Guess what is back today. The sun! Today I rode from Sparta to Levis Trow, 63 miles. My longest day of the trip.I had some great thoughts today. Riding alone for this entire trip, being out in nature you might start to ask if this how we are meant to spend our time, alone. I'm sure everyone is different, but I reflected a lot on how I love experiencing life with others. Don't get me wrong I can go for a long time without interaction but some of the views on today's ride brought ......

When I'm planning a bikepacking trip I absolutely love to study the route, but for as much as I have studied the route, I fooled myself into thinking that today would be an easier day by looking solely at the number of miles, 42, that were scheduled for today. Sleeping in the city campground, I woke to discover a few others, most likely bow hunters, had joined me after I had already called it a night. I made quick work of packing, after five days of doing the same thing each morning you really g ......

Waking up I could already feel the chill in the air. I knew I was lucky the first two days when I was riding in the sun with temps hovering around 75°. Today was a different story as I saw my first snowflakes of the year. With 54 miles scheduled, and a lack of any real fitness base, I could feel it in my legs. I knew quickly that I should have brought warmer gloves as my hands had never warmed up from packing my gear. I stopped when I found the first store I could sto ......

I had checked the radar the night before, so I went to sleep with a plan. Set my alarm, get up early, take down my tent and then quickly haul all my gear up to the covered pavilion to wait out the rain that was supposed to start falling by 7:00. My plan started out going smooth, I got all my gear up to the pavilion and then set to making breakfast, drank my Starbucks VIA instant coffee and got my bike all packed. I even found an electrical outlet, so I started cha ......

I woke up to a great sunrise and make coffee and breakfast in bed. I was eager to get a start on the day, but the beautiful sky was just calling for me to fly the drone, so I launched while everyone else in camp was still tucked into their campers. The lack of riding any meaningful miles before taking on this trip can already be felt in my sit bones but a little extra chamois butt'r helped.The day's route from Grant River to Wyalusing State Park was 48 miles and included a few m ......

You know you married someone special when they first agree to a fourteen-day solo bikepacking trip and then offer to drive you the 10+ hour round trip drive to the start and promise to be there on the other end when you finish. That is exactly what my wife Laura did so on a Monday morning we got up and were on the road by 4:30 am to drive from Saint Paul to the beginning of the route, just south of Hazel Green located right near the Wisconsin and Illinois boundary. ......