Hiking
Poetry Friday: Nature’s Greatest Gifts
Autumn leaves, one of nature’s great gifts. A given gift without the task of asking or doing. A gift for the taking, if we choose to look. Brilliant yellows, oranges, and reds glow on this overcast, gray, autumn day from across the fields of corn and soybean. Autumn in the mid-west. So vibrant! Some appear…
The Woods
How do you feel when you walk through the woods? Do you feel anxious and scared or do you feel relaxed and inspired? The woods have long been a favorite place for me. In childhood, my sister and I built forts in the woods and fields behind our house. We joined our local neighborhood friends…
Silent Sunday: A Hike on the Not So Wild Side, Halfway Creek Trail, Wisconsin
Humans Gravitate Towards Humans
A year ago this week we went to Banff National Park in Albert Canada. It was a beautiful place, one that we all agreed we would like to return to again. On one hike, to Boom Lake, we only encountered a few people on the trail. No, it was not social distancing but the remote…
Silent Sunday: Timm’s Hill Wisconsin
Slice of Life Tuesday: The Balm of the Trempealeau Wildlife Refuge Prairie Trail
After dinner, last night, my 25-year-old son and I decided to take a hike today. Ordinarily, he would not be home and available to do such a thing, but in times of COVID, one must improvise. I felt the hike would do us both some good and suggested the Prairie’s Edge Loop Trail at the…
Karst, Coulees, and Bluffs! Oh, My!
Cave Tours Last year at this time I was starting to organize two days of summer tours at the Kickapoo Caverns in Crawford County, Wisconsin. I had no knowledge of caves, let alone those that serve as a hibernaculum for bats. But, I was very interested in learning. My job was to organize the registrants…
Earth Day 2020: The Prairie!
Today, please refer to my other website, The Lone Oak for a lesson on The Prairie for kids. It’s informative, has downloadable activities, and even a beautiful video! If you like you can follow me there as well! It is a website I would like to see grow! Thank you! Enjoy Earth Day by getting…
