By Mary Derks

Due to some last minute cancellations, there are a few openings on this year’s Swiss Cheese & Spotted Cows bicycle tour, including a female looking to share a room with another female.   This fun-filled tour, which runs from June 27-July 2, features the best of southern Wisconsin–renowned for its exceptional cycling—and northern Illinois.

Sampling the products after a beer tour.

The tour starts and ends in Mineral Point, Wisconsin and features four days of riding and one layover day (riding optional) in beautiful Galena, Illinois. Not only will you pedal along quiet pastoral lanes during the tour, you will also have the opportunity to explore the only primitive lead mine still open in the U.S. Then, yodel and suit up for: a tour of a cheese factory tour; a local brewery, sampling some of their brews; taste some of Wisconsin’s award-winning cheeses, enjoy beers in a badger hole; refuel on chin drippin’ peaches and melt in your mouth cinnamon rolls; and even milk a cow!

A happy Swiss Cheese & Spotted Cow rider looking forward to the local cheese and wine from the area.

Enjoy a day off in lovely Galena, IL where a plethora of options await you including historic trolley tours, shopping galore, canoeing, kayaking, scooter trips to a local vineyard, winery’s an optional bike ride!

After the cheese tour everyone still wearing their hair nets for a group shot.

At the end of each day relax in the comfort of your hotel room after exploring the local Scandinavian, Swiss and Cornish heritages of the quaint communities we visit, most of which are listed in Midwest Living’s ‘Best Small Town Getaways”.

She did it! Six days of treasured memories gained on the Swiss Cheese & Spotted Cow tour.

To guarantee your spot on this great tour, please contact Mary Derks at 651-335-6505 or [email protected].   For more information, please visit www.scscbiketour.com.  We hope you can join us!