An entertaining summertime read Laugh out loud funny in spots touchingly warm in others It provides some good insights about hiking a long trail in the heat of summer Knowing the Ice Age Trail the author does provide some real insight into the challenges of the trail All in all a fun light hearted read so pull up a lounge chair slap on some sunscreen and bug spray and enjoy The Freakin Destination Rick Bie 86AuthorFrom the author An empty nester couple of backpacking neophytes hike the 1100 miles of Wisconsin s wondrous Ice Age Trail This fictional logbook recounts the myriad challenges mishaps and triumphs our hikers experience over 10 weeks wandering this rugged yet often beautiful terrain Humorous sometimes poignant vividly descriptive of this Badger State treasure The Freakin Destination

The Freakin' Destination By Rick Bie

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An empty nester couple of backpacking neophytes hike the 1100 miles of Wisconsin s wondrous Ice Age Trail This fictional logbook recounts the myriad challenges mishaps and triumphs our hikers experience over 10 weeks wandering this rugged yet often beautiful terrain The Freakin DestinationThe Freakin Destination Rick Bie s first novel was inspired in part by the section hike of Wisconsin s Ice Age National Scenic Trail that he and his wife Roberta undertook between 2004 and 2012 Both of them have been paying it forward as volunteers in trail building and maintenance efforts organized by the Ice Age Trail Alliance. After growing up in Racine Wisconsin and earning a BA in English at the University of Wisconsin Madison Bie spent several decades as project manager in the printing and direct mail industries He and his wife live in Stevens Point Wisconsin where he is an avid bicyclist runner cross country skier and yes still a hiker..