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Kenosha Lakeshore Ride (CACTUS Ride)
October 4, 2025 @ 10:00 am
Join us for another “CACTUS” (COWs and CATs Tandeming in Unison with Style) ride. CACTUS rides bring together members of the Wisconsin tandem club (the COWS) and the Chicago tandem club (the CATS). Thanks to Greg Browning of CATS for developing the acronym and the routes! As always, you should be a member of COWs or CATs to participate in the joint rides.
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM
Start Location: Petrifying Springs Park, 4300 Petrifying Springs Road, Kenosha, WI. We will meet in the parking lot just across the road from Petrifying Springs Biergarten. Enter the park from Petrifying Springs Road (County Rd JR), which runs on the south side of the park. After entering the park, the parking lot will be on the west side of the road, right across from the Biergarten.
Event Leaders: Pat and Beth Peterson for COWS and Greg & Jeanne Browning for CATS
Event Description: The 24 mile route is basically a down and back on trails and low-traveled streets with great views of the Kenosha Lakeshore. The 37 mile route is the same as the 24 mile route with the addition of a ride through the lakeside neighborhood of Carol Beach and a trail loop on the south end. The 47 mile route is the same as the 37 mile route with the addition of a northern loop on the paved and very nice Pike River Pathway and the Kenosha County Bike Trail.
All routes will start and end at Kenosha’s Petrifying Springs Park. We are planning to have a picnic lunch at the park biergarten afterwards. By the time we get back to the biergarten after riding, Flannel Fest should be kicking off so things should be pretty lively!
Picnic Lunch: There will be a picnic lunch at the Kenosha Biergarten immediately after the ride. Lunch options:
• Order from the biergarten (mainly sausages, giant pretzels, and German pizza) — Menu Link
• Food trucks are scheduled to be onsite for Flannel Fest
• Bring in your own bag lunch. This is allowed, but drinks are not allowed to be brought into the biergarten (other than clear bottles with water only – otherwise, all drinks must be ordered onsite).
The biergarten takes cash only, no credit cards (ATM is on site).
RSVP FOR THIS RIDE
To participate in this ride, you must have a current year’s membership to COWs. You can log in to your account below, or if you’ve not yet registered or renewed your membership for this year, you can do so here.