In this, the International Year of Astronomy, there may be no better way to explore our solar system than by bicycle.
Itâ??s just a little more than 23 miles to Pluto, which is in a marsh near Mount Horeb. Neptune is between Verona and Riley, so you can plan a stop at the Riley Tavern to toast your departure from the realm of the inner planets.
Welcome to what its originators are calling one of â??the largest scale models of our solar system in the universe.â?
Jim Lattis, a UW-Madison astronomer and director of UW Space Place, said the project may be one of his all-time favorite outreach efforts.