Jul
24
2007
Last weekend a few friends and I visited Tessin for some camping and hiking. We arrived on Friday night, lit a fire, grilled, and had a couple of beer. We would have had more beer had our supply not been washed away by the river. I was responsible for cooling the beer, and did a [...]
Jul
15
2007
Summer returned in time for the weekend. On Thursday I picked up my bike from the shop, and was giddy with anticipation. This weekend we were finally expecting sun, and it was too long ago since I last went mountain biking! On Saturday morning I put on my gear and slapped on a layer of [...]
Jul
01
2007
On Wednesday a group of us completed our fourth annual Tour de Schwiiz bike tour through Switzerland. This year we cycled the national route #3 known as the “Nord-Sued” or “North-South” route. It’s exactly that. It starts in the northern Swiss town of Basel and goes south over the St. Gotthard Pass into Tessin. Erik [...]