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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 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...

Day 1: Back in the saddle again

Great night sleep last night! Everyone made it to 7 am when we were all up and going. We did some final rearranging and culling of things...

Day 0: the miracle of flight

While the ability to travel almost as fast as the earth turns and land in a foreign country â…“ the way around the globe 9.5 hours later is...

Italy Slovenia Croatia bike trip 2023 Day -1

Italy Slovenia Croatia bike trip 2023 Day -1: This year we weren't sure about a trip. Work was complicated and the kids had a number of...

Day 23 The end

The ride ended today and with it a lot of emotion. A quiet night at the campsite was wonderful and dark. A slow wake up and then on to...

Day 22 Redemption

After the rain yesterday we got a beautiful day of sun! A groggy morning peddle to the next town were we found the one patisserie that...

Day 21 Rainy day

Very close to the end! Only 1.5 days left of cycling. With rain in the forecast we were all a bit apprehensive about leaving the...

Day 20 Sara's birthday!

Happy birthday Sara! 13 years of greatness! A zero that ended up very full. The first request was no rooster alarm. And for me let her...

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