The half-fast cycling club has officially adopted a highway. This means we are responsible for keeping the roadside clean. Our stretch of road includes one of our favorite climbs and one of our favorite views.
If you guessed County Highway F at Brigham Park, you are a weiner! Officially, it is from the intersection with Cave of the Mounds Road to the end of the park (just out of sight in the background) at Danhouser Road.
Now we’re looking for volunteers. The first cleanup is planned for Sunday, June 30. If you’re interested, let us know via the contact page on this site or by any other means if you know how to reach us in other ways. If you can’t make that day but want to be on the list for the future, tell us that as well.
After we clean, we can sit on the bench (from which these photos were taken) and enjoy the view and a cold beverage.
The day after the Horribly Hilly, I had the good fortune to meet Phil Van Valkenberg, who might be considered the father of bike touring in Wisconsin. When I first discovered, at the age of 21, that I could ride my bike out of town, it was to Phil that I turned for maps and advice. He just didn’t know it until now. I dedicated the ride to him. He was in Milwaukee for the Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee. We met at a chamber music concert; nothing to do with bikes (except that it was in a really beautiful valley for a ride).
1992 Death Ride Ebbetts Pass 
2019 HHH finish
Same half-fast guy, two 200K rides, 27 years apart. Wet both times.
Half-fast Cycling Club 
Out of town now but will pick up trash sometime.
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I’ll let you know when we don the yellow vests. Just so your patients know we’re adopting a highway and not doing community service for our DUIs.
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Congrats and thank you for adoptin’. We too have a 3-mile stretch of Hwy. 89 here in Markleeville that we’ve adopted. Good karma and a great way to give back to the communities where we live, work and ride.
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I love the sceneries of Your photos. You are doing great job with cleaning!
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