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Ice Cream Soothes the ‘Chernobyl’-like heat on the way to Madison, WI for Across America Trekkers

Posted July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Teen TreksLeave a commentPosted in 2023

69 miles today, 69 more to Madison. The heat was Chernobyl-y, and our thermal Geiger counters tutted disapproval as we hopped ponds from Kwik Trips to Kwik Trips for cool snacks and hot food. We’ve been surfing the heat wave by hanging 10 miles (or 20) and breaking like white caps on reefs. We snatched […]

Blizzards Kept the Hounds of Heat at Bay on Route to Lake Pepin

Posted July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 Teen TreksLeave a commentPosted in 2023

Our 98 miler became 85 due to high heat that would make Sammy Sosa blanche, on top of a rather languorous start made all the more tardy by early morning Jaenisch gambits on the hotel lobby Compaq Presario desktop. Once we cut power to the hotel and snapped our bungies twice for good luck, we […]