On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Troy Thiel <[email protected]> wrote: > Another suggestion...drive to Reedsburg..go rails to trails from there to > Elroy on the 400..then the Elroy Sparta, then the trail to lacrosse..then > the trail up north to marshfield on the wisco ride of the river..whenona mn > is across....that would be a nice one day ride..you could stay in > Trempeleau..a few miles south of the end..or LaCrosse....Piggies for BBQ! > > Troy Thiel
That is a great route. I did it as a credit card tour a couple of years ago, leaving my car in Reedsburg and getting a hotel in Onalaska. The whole ride was beautiful, with wide open farm vistas in the countryside, and small towns for food and water breaks along the way. The old rail tunnels were great too, and I especially liked the chance to get a look at a bit of railroad history that isn't usually available to the public. Seeing the old smoke marks along the roof really caught my imagination. Speaking of rail to trails, does anyone know about the condition of the of the trio of routes between Superior, Taylor Falls, and Rice Lake? The nearly complete triangle caught my eye on Google Maps, and I've thought that it would make a fun circle route, but it would be good to have an idea about how it's maintained before I commit to driving all the way up there. I've generally had great luck with Wisconsin rail to trail routes, and even the worst have been ride-able, if a little bumpy, but I have been burned by Google Maps rating something as bike-able which later turned out to be a morass of sand, or indistinguishable from the surrounding shrubbery. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
