Top 10 Pics, Part I

If I may be so bold, below is a "retrospective" of my Top 10 favorite pics. I've listed the place and event, where able, with each image... though some hopefully speak for themselves. And with at least one caveat, for me to include it here I had to take the pic myself. I didn't grab someone else's amazing photo, and I have received many over the years. This goes back to about 2014/2015.

Let's see if a theme emerges…             

                     

Water Tower at night, Chicago, IL

Golden Gate Bridge from a catamaran below, San Francisco, CA

Garden of the Gods National Park, Colorado Springs, CO

"SkyFlyer" Ride at the MN State Fair, St. Paul, MN

(Pretty sure)... Apostle Island Chain, Madeline Island Sunset, La Pointe, WI

A dry summer ride somewhere in MN ( I miss riding pretty bad)

Puerto Vallarta Boardwalk, Puerto Vallarta, MX

Sunrise over the pasture, prit' near Waterloo, WI

Puerto Vallarta sunset

The newly wed couple, Manitowish Waters, WI

Summer Burnouts, way west of Minneapolis, MN

Themes? I'm def noticing these are some pretty picturesque places in North America. And, I'm noticing I got through 10 images really fast. I'm going to post another 10 choices soon... stay tuned.

n+1 bike & beer, Verona, WI

I'm not sure the city and area of Madison WI gets the credit it deserves for being an awesome weekend town. If you have a 2-4 day weekend on the horizon, I would highly recommend this area for their small town feel (an technically actual size), restaurants, outdoor activities, Big 10 university, brews, coffee, and much much more (I've done a form of glass blowing here).

Anyways, I was in town for a weekend and with insider info from a Verona native, I wanted to check out this bikes+brews+coffee hotspot in the small(er) town of Verona WI. If you don't live in the world of bikes, the term "n+1" is a sort of inside joke. It represents that ideal number of bikes for a bike lover to have in their collection/garage. As in, if you have 6 bikes, the ideal number is now 7 bikes. And so on. It works out that way for most bike nerds too.

I have to say, this place did not disappoint in much. They had great service, beers, fancy bikes, coffee, and treats-a-plenty. The only thing I might suggest more of is more bikes for sale and on display. Now, I do understand that this is mostly a custom, made-to-order kind of bike shop, but still, people like to drool over things. And it helps plant ideas in their heads too.

I went in for a light brunch and was happy to sample a few things from the menu, like - cheddar-rosemary biscuit, coffee stout, ham&cheese sandwich and a hot chocolate. All were really good, high-quality items. I'd go back for more in a second.