Tag: nature

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  East Star Lake 9-15-2024 — 9-18-2024

  September 18, 2024

  camping, hiking, kayaking, travel, walking

  I drove up to Star Lake on Sunday, September 15th. I left home a little after nine o’clock in the morning and arrived at the East Star Lake State Park at quarter past one in the afternoon. I had booked a site at West Star Lake State Park, on the other side of the lake,… Read.

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  North Trout Lake State Park 9-2-2024 — 9-4-2024

  September 5, 2024

  Uncategorized

  Back today from a three-night campout at the North Trout Lake campground in the North Highlands — American Legion State Forest. I originally scheduled for just two nights, Tuesday and Wednesday, but I got some camping gear in the mail that I couldn’t wait to try out: a hammock, fly, and quilts, and a lightweight… Read.

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  IAT Lodi Marsh segment

  April 6, 2024

  hiking, walking

  I walked only a short section of this segment today, partly because the trail was really very muddy, so muddy I thought a one point about halfway up the hill I was pretty sure I was going to slip in the mud and slide though it all the way down the hill. Happily, that did… Read.

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  IAT Cross Plains segment

  March 31, 2024

  hiking

  I needed to get out of the house today, so I walked a 2.7 loop on the Ice Age Trail, just far enough to stretch my legs and get some fresh air. The trailhead is a twenty-five minute drive from Our Humble O’Bode, very easy to get to. There was just one other car in… Read.