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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 11 Bagno Vignoni to Radicofani

A short 30 km day today but a decent 640m climb for the second half. We had breakfast and pushed off by 8.30. A pleasant ride along paved...

Day 10 Spa Day

What an amazing day! We had breakfast included with the room and then headed down to La Posta with its outdoor pools and shaded lounge...

Day 9 Siena to Bagno Vignoni

Our biggest biking day of the trip lay in front of us. 60 km and 830m (2800 ft). We had sandwiches and frozen drinks ready as well as 5...

Day 8 Exploring Siena

We did the slow wake, but we were all up and ready to head out the door by 9.30 am. We decided to splurge on breakfast directly on il...

Day 7 San Gimignano to Siena

Up at 7 am and rolling out of the cafe before 8 am on our way to Siena. The view back toward San Gimignano was breathtaking as we started...

Day 6 Enjoying San Gimignano’s shade

We all slept in as late as we could (8 am) and then got up and shared the space we had to get ready. An excellent value room right on the...

Day 4 Bike beginnings

The night before -  We had a really lovely evening with a bike ride around Lucca. They had created a biking and walking path atop the...

Day 3 We have bikes!

Day 3 We have bikes! It’s always a bit of an unknown about how the bike rental will go. It’s often a meeting in a park, like doing a drug...

Day 2 Firenze take 2

Day 2 Firenze take 2 Our last day in Florence was supposed to be relaxed and simple. We decided we wanted to get in to the Accademia to...

Firenze and the Uffizi

Day 1 Thursday This morning we took it slow as we adjusted to the new time. Both the kids were up early but Crys and I were a little slow...

Day 0 Colorado to Firenze

Day 0 We are off! Six weeks of biking and hiking in Europe. With Andrew graduating and Sara off to Germany for 2025-2026 school year we...

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 20 Smira the land food forgot

A fast morning to the early ferry which we got to about 45 min early and collected our bakery items to eat on the dock while we waited...

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...

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