Europe Schmeurope!

Who needs the Swiss countryside when you've got the Driftless Zone three hours drive south? Hans and I were in the Viroqua, WI area last week and got a little taste of roadie heaven... this has got to be some of the finest riding on the planet. Wisconsin paves roads that would be dirt here Minnesota, creating what are effectively 30-foot-wide dedicated bike lanes that wind up and down through sleepy coulees, past massive bluffs and pastoral farms, up savagely long hills that end in breathtaking vistas and screaming descents... are those enough adjectives to make you check it out?