Travel Posts

Thursday, April 13, 2023

In my mirror, I saw him immediately pull a U-turn. When the police cruiser passed me a few seconds later, I wondered how far down the road I'd catch up to them.

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Thursday, April 6, 2023

The Rustic Roads of Jefferson county are another case of several being so close to each other that it would be strange not to ride them all in one trip.

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

When I opened the map to check that I had the right recordings for this video, my heart skipped a beat. I rode R19, R20, and R96, but the map showed a fourth road. I clicked on it. R124?!

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Rustic Road 22 is the main road through the White River Marsh State Wildlife Area. It's obvious that at any time other than early November, when the marsh was preparing for winter, the whole area must be a steamy green jungle.

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

Rustic Route 104 offered a short, fun diversion of corners and curves in the middle of a very long day of riding.

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

Waushara County is the first place I ever noticed a Rustic Road sign. This past November, nearly 20 years since I first became aware of it, I finally rode it. It's fun!

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Rustic Roads 17, 57, 23, and 24 are all so close to each other that you can ride them all in less than 40 minutes. So, despite them being in two different counties, I've decided to drop them all in one video.

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Rustic Road 45 is a short gravel stretch. The color and brightness in the video are odd because it was a cold, windy, drizzly day. The clouds mostly blocked the sun, but became giant patches of white, blowing out the light balance on camera.

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Sixish miles west of the town of Kewaunee, on WI-29, you'll find Hrabik Rd. Actually, you'll probably miss it. Continue to County AB, then turn south for two miles. Turn left there onto Pine Grove Road, and you'll be at one end of RR7, where this week's video starts.

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

With the Super Bowl this weekend, what better Rustic Roads to visit than those near Green Bay?

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

A wonderful thing has happened. Tom Lehrer has released all of his music into the public domain. So, in this video, you get to hear some of what it actually sounds like inside my head while riding!

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Thursday, January 26, 2023

R78 starts out paved, but quickly shifts to gravel. Along the gravel is a neat cut through a rocky hillside, and a small bridge over the New Wood River, just upstream from where it flows into the Wisconsin.

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

The creature grinning behind me in video logo is the Hoday, a mythical creature first photographed in near Rhinelander in 1896. But the rides in today's video happen on the other side of Oneida County, near Minocqua.

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Thursday, January 12, 2023

Timm's Hill is the highest point in Wisconsin, at 1,951.5 feet. The road to it is Rustic Road 62, and it's the first ride in today's video of Price County.

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Bike audio is finally back! We'll return to silent counties in a few weeks, but for now, you can listen to me apply throttle and shift. I was feeling pretty confident on this gravel, so there's a good bit of purring along.

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Thursday, December 29, 2022

To cap off 2022, we head to one of Wisconsin's favorite vacation destinations: Door County. If there is one thing I've learned in my travels, it's that a road that follows water is very likely to be a good ride.

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Thursday, December 22, 2022

I warned you all about Marinette County in the introduction to this Rustic Roads series. That warning was about Rustic Road 32. R32 is the longest Rustic Road, and can be accurately described in three sections: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

Forest County is where the Rustic Roads series first ventures off pavement. Both R34 and R118 have significant gravel segments.

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

R60 was also one of the first rustic roads I tried. It was certainly the one that made me go home and really start plotting courses to the rest of them. It's the very definition of a winding wooded country road. Nothing really too technical, but also far from boring. Just a pleasant cruise.

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

Iron County is where my Rustic Roads series starts. Rustic Road 100 is a fully paved road. Half, along Iron County Road H, is two lanes, with a yellow lane divider painted down the middle. The other half, along Iron County Road G, is "two lanes" without paint.

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

A Wisconsin Rustic Road, "has outstanding natural features ..., is lightly traveled ..., is not scheduled for major improvements." Essentially, they're cute backroads, designated to remain as such. As of Autumn 2022's first snow accumulation, I've ridden 42. Starting today, and running for the next several weeks, I'll be releasing video footage of these rides on YouTube.

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Monday, November 23, 2020

Near the end of September, my wife and I took a spectacular motorcycle ride from California to Wisconsin. Nearly two weeks of spectacular views and interesting places.

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