GRABAAWR: The Great Annual Bicycle Adventure Along the Wisconsin River

The GRABAAWR route along the Wisconsin River

Pic taken by a professional photographer

The source of the Wisconsin River

Lac Vieux Desert marker

Tim and the daisies (the St. Germain parade)

Train in the St. Germain parade

Lemonade stand outside of Reinlander (good thing too, I was out of water)

Rollers ahead

A couple from Seattle on a titanium tandem

Sparky, Mark, Jeff, & others swimming along the road

Typical hill

Jeff, Mark, Maryanne (aka Fish), & Marion (aka Kitty) at the Stevens Point Brewery

Awesome boombox on the back of a tandem

Stevens Point Brewery

Jeff, Mark, & Skip at Mel's Diner

On some random beach along the road

One of our tent cities

A cool rig

Rick aka Texas Terry & Tim in the Dry Gulch Saloon (Tim is a lawyer from Dallas and Rick is his driver & Mercedes Benz mechanic)

The legendary Sparky

The support trailer (one of the signs says "Just because you slept with me last night doesn't mean I have to ride with you today!")

Harmonica & song in Martha's Cafe

Martha's Cafe

Classic mid-western barn

Skip, Mark, & Jeff hydrating

Boarding the ferry across the Wisconsin River (it's towed by a cable from shore-to-shore)

On the ferry (I have my gloves stuffed down my jersey - it's not fat!)

Jeff picking wild raspberries along the road

Biking into the winery

Jeff & Mark and the great view at the top of a steep hill

The Wisconsin River

The very cute town of Spring Green (70 miles to go in the ride)

Mark, Skip, & Jeff at the end of the ride in Prairie de Chien