Planning for a Hike
We have a saying in our family: make a plan, do the plan. It sounds simple enough, but coming up with a realistic and doable plan can be...
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What (and Where) Is The Ice Age Trail?
Imagine a wall of ice two miles high slowly grinding south from the Arctic and across the landscape, growing several feet each year. It...
Deciding to Hike the Ice Age Trail
"You're doing WHAT?!" We've been hearing that a lot lately, from family members to friends to coworkers. That's usually followed up by...
Day 6--Duct Tape & Whoops??
Sunday March 31-- day 6 of hiking Well, the day began with Piper crying. Why? I duct taped Bristol´s blanket to her head. It was so...
DAY 5-- What? A Zoo!?!
Sat March 30-- DAY 5 of hiking-- (day 8 overall) We needed to finish the connecting route. The wind was 18 miles an hour today. But we...
Day 4-- The Pack Shakedown
Friday March 29 -- DAY 4 of hiking -- (day 7 since we began) We had 13.7 miles of connecting route ahead of us. It looked like part of...
Day 3--Whoa! I need to reset these goals!
Monday March 25 -- Day 3 of hiking I think that I had a good attitude to start the trail. Bristol was wearing her partially dry hiking...
DAY 2 -- The Signal
Sunday March 24-- DAY 2 of Hiking-- We headed out to the trail on a limestone path. It looked great as there was no sign of snow,...
DAY 1-- Here we go!
Saturday March 23-- DAY 1 on the Ice Age Trail-- I had big plans, and plenty of energy ready for the first day! However, I hadn´t...
Ladies, it´s time to get into the game.
What game you ask? Why, the Ice Age Trail, of course. No, it´s not a board game. It´s not on television. It´s not found on Netflix. It...
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