Monday, September 2, 2024
A few bites into my sundae, an older gentleman ambled over from a nearby table. “What year is your bike?” he asked. “In the early 60s I had one like it. A 500cc.”
Friday, August 30, 2024
Technically all I needed to do was plug in a new flasher unit. Before I knew it, I was planning to rewire essentially everything forward of the steering stem.
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
I finally gave up, and decided to tackle the N things I was worried about all in one shot.
Friday, June 14, 2024
I suddenly noticed Amanda leaning out the car window as she said, “Is it okay that there is smoke coming out of the headlight?” No, it was very much not okay. The smoke increased. “Uh, oh. We have a fire. I need the toolkit. Now,” I replied. As I pulled the ignition key to cut power, Amanda jumped out of the car and extracted the toolkit from the trunk. I unscrewed the headlamp's retaining screw and pulled it off the nacelle. Smoke puffed out, and I found several wires melted to each other.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Burnett county is not nearby, so I thought I'd spend a day getting there, stay in the area, and then spend a day getting back. The only question was where to stay. A hotel? A quaint inn? Some AirBnB-like situation? No! I was going camping.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
It's one of very few places in northern Wisconsin that I've seen speed bumps. Eight of them in less than two miles!
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
R74 really feels like the most remote of the Rustic Roads. The only other Rustic Road that compares, in my opinion, is R34 in Forest county, and R74 is the Rustic Road closest to it.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
The 90° corners in the transition from the east-west path to Tigerton to the north-south path to Wittenberg are particularly fun. Evaluate each one carefully, though. Some are lazy sweepers, but others are sudden course corrections!
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
I'll admit that I was rushing through Outagamie county a bit. It was October, though, and fall color was beginning to set it, so there were some gorgeous stands of trees.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
If you ever needed a literal demonstration of the phrase, “The map is not the territory,” Winnebago county's Rustic Roads are it.