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WELCOME TO RUGGED FAMILY ADVENTURES

Welcome to Rugged Family Adventures, a unique blog here for you to explore. Spending time together as a family in the great outdoors has added such value to our lives, and we love having the opportunity to share our passions and thoughts with our loyal readers. We hope this blog inspires you to get outdoors too! Read on, and enjoy.

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Day 23+ The return

With our overnight ferry not leaving until 9 pm, we had a whole day in Split to explorer. Looking at the weather, something wet seemed...

Day 22 The finish

Our last day of cycling! A relatively easy 30 km from Trogir to Split. A brilliant section in the middle along the coast bookended with...

Day 21 castles and football

Coming towards the end of our journey with a night here in Trogir, Croatia. The idyllic breezy coastlines of the islands have given way...

Day 19 Rise and shine

An early morning to catch the ferry across from Zadar to a new island, Ugljan and Pasman islands. We had 23 miles and wanted to make the...

Day 18 Roman all over

Castle at the end of the island of Pag. Yesterday was an amazing ride from the island of Pag to Nin on the mainland. Tina, our host the...

Day 17 Serendipity (Crys)

We’ve been in Croatia for three days now and are slowly adjusting to island life. It’s a stark difference to the lush Slovenian slopes....

Day 16 Spider sense tingling

A relatively easy 7 am wake up after a very comfortable temperature night. Breakfast at the camp bakery that caters to mainly German...

Day 15 Croatian beauty

Today we originally planned on a 40 km ride from Rijeka to the island of Krk, but looking at the map, the transit from Rijeka to the...

Day 13 and 14 loving Ljubljana

Good night at the hostel and easy train trip to Ljubljana (1.5 hr ride). Explored the castle and the town, which is super! Very compact...

Day 12 Now I'm down in it

I can't even begin to describe the meal last night. About 15 courses, all small, all a work of art. 4 hours of dinner, with accompanying...

Day 11 Sweat and Foie Gras

After yesterdays 55 km plus the super steep up at the end where we all had to walk our bikes 1 km and 200m up, we had a much easier day...

Day 10 Bike, Ford, Climb

What a day! We started the morning with an incredible breakfast of homemade jams, eggs and bread from the vineyard Sefan Stanfel where...

Day 9 Weather weenies

Andrew had a colorful for our complaining about the rain which we adjusted to weather weenies. He pointed out that we complain when it's...

Day 8 Pedal Paddle

Andrew couldn't take not paddling the river here and I don't blame him! I was able to contact Andrez who runs a kayak school here in...

Day 7 Is this our train?

The 7 stages of grief when biking in the rain: 1)Balls, it's raining super hard out there 2)It'll be okay as long as I have my warm...

Day 6 Full rubber jacket

A middle of the night scramble to batten down the hatches as the sky let loose. As I lay in our tent, feeling the pressure of my bladder,...

Day 5 No soup for you

A beautiful morning stand up paddle boarding around Bled lake first thing in the morning. We ogled the castle on the cliff from the quiet...

Day 4 Paradise found

A really good night sleep in a family room in Tarvisio followed by a good breakfast. We were on our bikes and pedaling up what we thought...

Day 3 The best laid plans

Yes, strongly mosquitoes season here and it's a bumper crop! After we arrived at the campsite the night before, the mosquitoes were...

Day 2: Moving forward thirstily

The day started off with a very nice breakfast and a relatively early start to get some miles in before lunch. The morning went by fast...

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