A few weekends back, Ali and I took a break from Hoofers-ing and writing to go for our second (pitiful, I know) bike camp of the year. We took the Badger State trail down past Paoli and Belleville and then took some lovely backroads over to New Glarus Woods State Park. We got in pretty early, so we went down to New Glarus to look for a swimmin hole. Though that endeavor failed, we did get some really tasty coffee and pie for our troubles. That evening, we cooked on my fancy alcohol stove (about time), stayed up for as long as possible (maybe an hour), and turned in (to a tent within spitting distance of a state highway). Unfortunately, I was up most of the night thanks to some critters - my bet is a fox early on and then definitely a racoon later. Ali got a similar amount of sleep thanks to my rustling and her deflating sleeping mat. The next day was pretty exhausting, but we finally got on the Sugar River State Trail. (As such, I'm pretty sure we've now been on all the rail trails within a day's bike of Madison. Don't worry - there are more further north, west, and east of town.) Thankfully, while the stupid racoon did scatter our trash and unbuckle my panniers, it didn't manage to unzip our food bag. I guess I'll have to start considering a bear bag while bike camping.
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| The first 11 miles are beautifully paved |
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| Lunch in Belleville |
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| Long, dark tunnel - at least we had good headlights this time! |
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| Freshly paved backroads - can you ask for anything more? |
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| Just down from the campsite - that's New Glarus in the distance |
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| Best post-ride choice thus far in WI |
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| Post-Racoon |
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