Category: travel

  • IAT Table Bluff segment – 11/22/2025

    IAT Table Bluff segment – 11/22/2025

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    I was out on the Ice Age Trail again this morning, this time at the north end of the Table Bluff segment to help three other people with trail maintenance. A few of the “dips” (drainage ditches) on the trail had eroded or were clogged with silt or both, so we cleaned them out and Read.

  • IAT Verona Segment – 11/21/2025

    IAT Verona Segment – 11/21/2025

    I’m still trying to finish up the Verona segment. It seems to be the segment that won’t let me finish. I walked the first 0.6 miles from KcKee Rd at the northern end (plus the last 1.2 miles of the Madison segment) on 11/5/2025. I returned to the southern end today, intending to knock out Read.

  • IAT Steenbock Preserve – 11/20/2025

    IAT Steenbock Preserve – 11/20/2025

    Today’s weather wasn’t the best for hiking: cold, overcast, windy, and just a little bit of drizzle. I went for a hike anyway. I wanted to complete a segment of the IAT I’ve been to before, the Gibraltar Rock segment. I’ve climbed to the scenic overlook of Gibraltar Rock many times, but up until today Read.

  • IAT Montrose Segment – 11/19/2025

    IAT Montrose Segment – 11/19/2025

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    Today I took a little walk down part of the Montrose Segment southwest of Madison. I still have to walk about a mile of this segment to complete it! Read.

  • IAT Verona segment – 11/05/2025

    IAT Verona segment – 11/05/2025

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    I had a walk around the neighborhood where we live but after completing my morning chores I felt the need to get out and get another walk in some place I hadn’t been before. There are several nearby segments of the Ice Age Trail I haven’t visited yet, believe it or not, so I picked Read.

  • IAT Madison Segment – 11/04/2025

    IAT Madison Segment – 11/04/2025

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    I wanted to get out on the IAT this afternoon but I didn’t have time to go far, so I picked a segment I’ve been putting off because it runs through a golf course. Not the most interesting segment I’ve been on & I doubt I’ll ever be in a hurry to revisit it. Read.

  • cannonball

    cannonball

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    Went for a short walk along the Capitol City Trail and the Cannonball Path, two paved cycling/running/walking paths I’ve biked on often but have only rarely walked on. There’s an interesting little connecting path where the two mail paths pass close to one another, near Ashbourne Pond in Fitchburg. I don’t use it much when Read.

  • arboretum amble

    arboretum amble

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    Ambled around the arboretum for a couple hours this morning just because it was such a beautiful day and I didn’t have any other commitments. When I visit the arboretum, I always try to include a stop at Big Spring. It’s a really lovely spot. Read.

  • flashback – The Pennine Way ’86

    flashback – The Pennine Way ’86

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    I took a week of leave to hike the Pennine Way while I was stationed in the United Kingdom. Read.

  • flashback – Boundary Waters ’83

    flashback – Boundary Waters ’83

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    I went back to the Boundary Waters with a buddy from my hometown. I was smart enough to write the date on the back of one of the photos: 1983. This is from a box full of photos which I was certain I had lost. Finding them again was the highlight of my day. Read.

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