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Rick Bie's first novel, The Freakin' Destination, is out now! Click below, or visit select stores (scroll down to see where).
Rick Bie's first novel, The Freakin' Destination, is out now! Click below, or visit select stores (scroll down to see where).
An empty-nester couple of backpacking neophytes hike the 1,100 miles of Wisconsin’s wondrous Ice Age Trail. This fictional logbook recounts the myriad challenges, mishaps, and triumphs our hikers experience over 10 weeks wandering this rugged, yet often beautiful, terrain. Humorous, sometimes poignant, vividly descriptive of this Badger State treasure.
Softcover, 359 pages $20
Rick Bie grew up in Racine, Wisconsin, earned a BA in English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and spent several decades as project manager in the printing and direct mail industries. He lives with his wife Roberta in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and is a proud Ice Age Trail Thousand Miler. His IAT section-hike inspired his first novel, The Freakin' Destination.
It was a joy to be back in a mature forest, with its high canopy, broad vistas, and fragrant pines. And it was quiet, too, with an eerie echo reminiscent of the stark acoustics of a gothic cathedral. The same palliative quality as well; relaxing, even with the physical exertion of hiking. We were having a meditative moment hiking an easy stretch of trail when out of nowhere there was a BOOOM! near our feet as loud as a musket blast. I recoiled and nearly fell over. I clutched my chest out of caution, but no heart attack was forthcoming. It took a second to get my bearings and see a couple of larger birds wobbling over the tops of the ferns like a tipped forward pass. These were what I had until just recently referred to as “ruffled grouse” prior to having been schooled by the father of one of my students at a parent conference.
Janke Book Store - Wausau
Bound to Happen Books - Stevens Point
The Bookcellar - Waupaca
Yardstick - Algoma
Paper Crane Bookstore - Two Rivers
LaDeDa Books - Manitowoc
Novel Bay Booksellers - Sturgeon Bay
$20 + $5 shipping
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