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Originally printed October 31, 2016 A chance to try something new. That was what was presented to me last Saturday when I hiked the Table Bluff and Cross Plains segments of the Ice Age Trail. When I began this adventure, I decided to hike the segments running north and east from Janesville to Door County.Continue reading “Day 25 on the Ice Age Trail”

Originally printed October 19, 2016 I need to change my attitude toward connecting routes. That is my conclusion after delaying writing about Saturday’s hike for four days. I’ve walked connecting routes before, and I’ve enjoyed them. The CR from Glenbeulah to Elkhart Lake was extremely interesting, and the CR approaching Holy Hill from the southContinue reading “Day 24 on the Ice Age Trail”

Originally printed October 1, 2016 Get ‘er done. That is a good description of my attitude toward this hike, a 20 mile+ trek on a connecting route between the tiny town of Valders and where my car was parked, about a half mile inside the northern edge of the La Budde Creek Segment of theContinue reading “Day 23 on the Ice Age Trail”

Originally printed September 5, 2016 Stunned and grateful.That was my reaction when Jane offered to shuttle me to the Elkhart Lake area on Sunday for a hike. Because my hikes are happening further away from home, I’m getting more and more reluctant to ask Jane to schlep me to Nowhere, WI and wait around whileContinue reading “Day 22 on the Ice Age Trail”

Originally printed September 5, 2016 Worth waiting for. After an August featuring high humidity and 27 days of 80 degree+ temps in the Milwaukee area , September began with a hint of autumn in the air. As I drove out of town on Friday to start my hike on the Greenbush Segment of the IceContinue reading “Day 21 on the Ice Age Trail”

Originally printed August 19, 2016 A long day awaited me. With an estimated seven hours of hiking in front of me, I was up bright and early to drive to the end point of my hike 8 miles west of Plymouth. Because of the length of the hike, and because my hikes are taking meContinue reading “Day 20 on the Ice Age Trail”

Originally printed August 12, 2016 Short and sweet, hot and hilly pretty much describes yesterday’s hike on the Milwaukee River Segment of the Ice Age Trail. This segment was only 4.3 miles long – pretty short compared to what I have been hiking lately. Jane drove me to my starting point just outside of Kewaskum.Continue reading “Day 19 on the Ice Age Trail”

Originally printed July 30, 2016 Hummocky: Describing an extremely irregular surface. The six paragraphs in the Ice Age Trail Guide describing the Milwaukee River Segment(Washington County) use this word four times. I found out why when I hiked this segment last Wednesday. Jane dropped me off at the starting point at the junction of HighwayContinue reading “Day 18 on the Ice Age Trail”

Originally printed July 20, 2016 Good things come in small packages, they say. Well, I had a small window(package?!?) of time to squeeze in a hike this week. I didn’t want to hike later in the week because of the extreme heat coming soon to our part of the country. And, our schedule this weekContinue reading “Day 17 on the Ice Age Trail”

Originally printed July 4, 2016 “Watch out, Honey!” Too late. Jane had her camera up to her face and was backing into position to take the obligatory picture of me at the start of Sunday’s hike. As she was moving into place, I could see that she was edging toward a puddle of muddy water.Continue reading “Day 16 on the Ice Age Trail”