patti brehler

Juice from Chambourcin and Chancellor grapes (hybrid varieties locally grown) aged four years and two months in an oak barrel and three...

Lovewell's Corner Store, Lupton MI July 3, 2021 Selling three books at the Rose City Post Office and selling another one at Rose Valley...

Rose City Post Office, MI June 29, 2021 I wrestled an oversized box filled with signed and packaged copies of Facing Sunset out of Andy’s...

Looks like I wanted to write a book after Bikecentennial '76... From my B'76 journal: 8/19/76 Well, it’s over. It didn’t really hit me...

August 12, 2016 Clare to Lupton, Michigan Thank you Karen and Ron for a wonderful stay at the Doherty Hotel. It was already steamy,...

August 11, 2016 Ludington to Clare, Michigan A 4:00 a.m. wake-up was tolerable with less than 20 steps to the bathroom (indoor!) and no...

August 10, 2016 Brillion, Wisconsin to Manitowoc ferry to Ludington, Michigan No fun finding the bathroom locked at 5:00 a.m., and me...

August 8, 2016 Amherst to Brillion, Wisconsin We didn't leave our campsite at Emily Lake until after 9:00 a.m. While stopped at the...

August 8, 2016 Eau Claire to Emily Lake State Park, Amherst, Wisconsin The gentle coos of mourning doves floated me awake at 5:30 a.m. I...

August 7, 2016 Eau Claire, Wisconsin Karen's house My original Facebook post: Postcard from the road. Eau Claire, WI. Sunday, August 7,...

August 6, 2016 Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Karen's house and puppy camp Even though my sleeping bag swaddled me, I was not on the ground....

August 5, 2016 Burkhardt to Eau Claire, Wisconsin At my first stop in Baldwin, sitting on a wooden park bench outside a gas station...

August 4, 2016 Dalbo, Minnesota to Willow River State Park in Burkhardt, Wisconsin Maybe it was the delightful cold air of the air...

August 3, 2016 Bowlus to the Biker's Bunkhouse in Dalbo, Minnesota Goodbye Bowlus and Jordie's Trailside Cafe. Back on roads instead of...

August 2, 2016 Brandon to Bowlus, Minnesota The giant Chippewa County Park sign as I exited camp reminded me of the Chippewa Correctional...

August 1, 2016 Pelican Rapids to Chippewa County Park, Brandon, Minnesota Aching knees, not my bladder, woke me in the dead of night. A...

July 31, 2016 Enderlin, North Dakota to Pelican Rapids, Minnesota We became a group. Leaving Enderlin, Steve and the boys dismounted to...

July 30, 2016 Gackle to Enderlin, North Dakota I left Gackle with Robin and Loren, and Steve and his two charges. Traveling companions!...

July 29, 2015 Bismarck to Gackle, North Dakota I fought horrendous winds for two days on this route heading west. Heading east this day,...

July 28, 2016 Glen Ullin to Bismarck, North Dakota On this day, my mother's 88th birthday, a morning thunderstorm left behind what felt...