Day 1
Mississippi River at Onalaska to Wilton
(43 miles, mostly on bike trails)

Opening reflection on “Borders” at the western border of the state.

Onalaska, WI at the trailhead for the Great River Trail, through LaCrosse to LaCrosse River Trail trailhead (5 miles); LaCrosse River trail, 22 miles to Sparta; Elroy-Sparta Trail from Sparta to Tunnel Trail Campground, near Wilton, 16 miles.

Tunnel Trail Campground is just off the bike trail, with a swimming pool, small mini-golf course, and pleasant camp sites.

Reflection on the ways that the small and the weak, disabled, and elderly are marginalized in our culture.

Day 2
Wilton to Mirror Lake State Park
(52 miles, mostly on bike trails)

Wilton to Elroy trailhead (15 miles); Elroy to Reedsburg on The 400 Trail (22 miles); Reedsburg to Mirror Lake State Park (15 miles on back roads).

Group camp site at Mirror Lake, with swimming a short walk away.

Reflection on migrant labor in Wisconsin, particularly in the area we have bike across, on the dairies and in the corn detasseling crews.

Day 3
Mirror Lake State Park to Waupun County Park
(60 miles, on back roads)

Mirror Lake to Portage, riding for about 9 miles on Levee Road, through the Pine Island State Wildlife Area, and Aldo Leopold’s Sand County home territory; Portage to Fort Winnebago and along Military Road to Waupun County Park.

Camp at Waupun County Park, a short walk from the Waupun Aquatic Center.

Reflection on the legacy of imperialism and colonialism, the use of military power to prop up empire.

Day 4
Waupun County Park to Kohler-Andrae, Lake Michigan
(56 miles, on back roads)

Ride around “The Walls” (Waupun Correctional Institution) and reflection on the violence of retributive justice in policing, prisons, and in the use of the death penalty.

Ride through Oak Center, up Breakneck Hill to the crest of The Ledge (the Niagara Escarpment); through Dundee, Cascade, and Waldo and the Northern Kettle Moraine Forest; to Lake Michigan.

Celebration, swim, and picnic at Kohler-Andrae State Park, Lake Michigan.

Closing reflection on “Borders” at the eastern border of the state.