Axel Andersson, left, and his dad Eric Andersson, center, stopped at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office in Othello at the request of Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner, who planned to give them a souvenir of their stop in Adams County. Because Wagner couldn’t be there, ACSO sergeant Ben Buriak did the honors. It was, Axel Andersson said, their second souvenir of their trip across the U.S. Axel’s hat from Stockholm, Wisconsin is the other one.
August 17, 2023
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Pedal tour
Swedish father and son travel across U.S. by bike
OTHELLO — Axel Andersson said his travels on a bike, which brought him and his dad Eric to Othello Thursday, started with a dilemma back in 2018. “It was after my first year in university, and I didn’t know what to do during the summer,” he said. “So I said, ‘I’m going to bike through Sweden.’ And the longest I’ve ever biked before that, I think, was seven miles or something like that.” ...