It’s been a few months since my last IAT post. Today was a trial to see how my Achilles tendon would fare on the hilly and rocky terrain that is known as the Ice Age Trail. My tendons have been doing well under my care remedy of Arnica massage 4 times a day, eccentric calf [...]
Details Waterfall Details Carvers Rock Park IAT update: For those of you wondering what happened to me and the Ice Age Trail, it hasn’t left my heart. I have had to put it on the shelf until we have cooler weather. I’ve been couped up now for quite some time itching with hives, skin rashes [...]
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My Story about Hiking the Ice Age Trail: I am now just slightly (just over 300 miles in.. by about a whooping 2.7 ! ) yet quite embedded into a focused effort (part of a dream) to hike the entire IAT. It seems as though the fantasy turned into a reality by accident… so often [...]
A two hour drive got us up to about 4 miles of the John Muir Park, where I met with Kathleen McGuin for an interview. I’ll be giving another presentation on August 7, featuring stories from the trail but mostly my philosophy and love for the outdoors … How it makes me feel. Trail Conditions: [...]
On the Trail With Kristen The landscapes are getting hillier and prettier as I get further North which presented some nice photo opportunities today. … We always check the IAT Trail atlas prior to hiking each day and give or take a mile or two we’re usually pretty close. Today, however was a different story. [...]
I woke up at about 3:30 excited to get back to hiking. Today was nice weather, not so humid as it’s been! Wisconsin’s Prairies continue to delight me, especially in the morning with their bath of morning dew! Most of today’s hike was on road but it was hilly, curvy and twisty country farmland.. Though [...]
Happy to get up and out earlier today.. Still ending at 1 which is in the heat of the day. Soon it would be best to break the day up by hiking 12 early and then finish up with 6 or 8 in the late afternoon. We are still trying to get a bit more [...]
now at least a few hours from any new trail head along the IAT the challenge has been getting up early enough to set out to get on the trail before it gets blistery hot and humid. I didn’t think I minded it too much but my body has been telling me differently. We’ve been [...]
My sponsor, Clearwater Outdoor, has just provided me with something really REALLY exciting! .. Ok, so they look strange but you have to try them! .. a little background on ME .. : I’ve been a runner since age 15.. a trail runner .. thus my LOVE for trails in nature .. and I have [...]
Trail Conditions: varied. Good but wet in one section (IAT junction area) of prairie. – i enjoyed it! Hard to figure out where to go after crossing Hwy M into the golf course… Not marked. Animal Totems: RT Hawk pair, groundhog, doe with fawn, toad, cardinals Weather: Hot and Humid, 88 Highs: splashing through flooded [...]
The first day of hiking the Ice Age Trail, knowing that it may be the first day of the start of more .. much more .. much much more .. and now 223 miles later my footsteps are beginning to actually take on some shape in the state of Wisconsin .. ) See the trail [...]
Directions to self: Remy to Frenchtown left Badger trail right To end at Sun Valley Rd Moral of today’s story: Lesson Number 1. Never take off the Bug Suit Lesson Number 2. Never take off the Bug Suit Lesson Number 3. Never take off the Bug Suit Lesson Number 4. [...]
I meant to get out early today but had some huge technical issues with my blog this morning. It was like a “white out” online – nothing but white screen… I was up at 4 but suddenly it wasn’t to hike but to deal with techie issues… I’m stubborn but 6 hours later it was [...]
I’m really liking this course today. It’s been fun meandering through woods which come out to farm fields and tranversing a field to come back to the woods again. The only busy highway section today was on H and that was just a mile so it was tolerable. I really can tell a difference in [...]
Weather: sunny, 89 degrees F, I’m glad, so glad to be finished with this section of the IAT. I’d skipped and skirted it for a time, not looking forward to the long long straight road of busy Highway A… But that’s done now and I’ve officially declared this section as the least favorite part of [...]
As I’ve been hiking the IAT ( Ice Age Trail), one of the things I haven’t looked forward to are the paved road sections where there is no trail. But today was different … Duke joined me from somewhere on Bump Road.. I guess you could literally say he “bumped into me”… Lol Anyway, the [...]
Story: Ive done this segment before but found out that biking doesn’t count towards completing the 1000 plus miles of the IAT, so today I’m out here to put in the foot miles on the 12 or so that Ipreviously did on my bike. I’m now 9.5 miles into this today and feeling discouraged. The [...]
Story: The LONGEST trek so far! The day was beautiful and I was happy to start off the trek today with wooded trails! It’s been a lot of days on pure pavement or very hard packed long and flat trail or road. The flat and hard trail is much harder on my feet than the [...]
I am working on contacting Ice Age Trail Chapter Coordinators & press in the areas that I will hike through to see about putting together something akin to the familiar “meet and greets” or “meetups” … more like a “Hike and Greet” or “Hike up” (name to come ). This week I am taking a [...]
I was excited to learn that I could add all of my tracks from the IAT so far (in Everytrail) to create ONE trip.. This is a really cool thing to be able to see how much .. or how little (but I am a glass half full type), of the trail that I have [...]
Story: Story: got going the right way today off of Bump Road, yipee! The last day I was here I took off on the trail to the left which went south when I needed to veer first east ( the way I’d come in) and then North… The weather started beautiful and the last few [...]
what was supposed to be (map 70f and 69f) – Bump Road West to Exeter Road – I temporarily skipped the last segment of the IAT that would be all paved road… Long and straight and flat. This is the Sugar River trail that the IAT utilizes and it’s pretty but again, really flat. Realization [...]
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Day 11 of the Ice Age Trail … Special Price on Special Edition Canvas Prints available only through June 10 .. pick your philanthropy and I will donate part of the print sale! This picture was made on June 1, near Janesville WI as I hiked the Ice Age Trail… more of the story here [...]
Trail Conditions: flat paved bike trail. Wooded trail at the end Weather: 80 degrees F. warm, sunny, nice breeze People: lots. Animals: robins, male cardinals, kildeer Highs: a man who stopped as I was facebooking to ask mr of I was doing the whole IAT.. I must look “official” 2. Nice breeze 3. The last [...]
My everytrail iphone app refused to work today so I used my once beloved Trails app instead .. I still love that app but I can’t post diary stuff along the way .. thus I am adding everything afterwards… The trail today was gorgeous for the first two miles and I saw a lot of [...]
Im really getting to break in my new Solomon trail shoes today! The first about 8 miles I did on the bike and on road, which isn’t my favorite. The farm country though and the back roads are beautiful! I still prefer hiking off road trail. The farmers field I had to get through was [...]
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Story: I didn’t get a huge opportunity yesterday to write the story here. In fact I had had such a dramatic morning that I entirely missed the tracking of the section from Holy Hill Road on down so I’m re tracking that now. Though I enjoy being in nature to enjoy her, .. sometimes she [...]
Story: Number of people today: too many! Animal of the day: indigo bunting, Waypoint 1: Through town it’s a bit of a maze but it makes the town part fun…a little poorly marked out of the park… Waypoint 2: the sign said Boardwalk closed for repairs and I could hear pounding hammers to bails ahead. [...]
Story: Animals today: crickets, red-tailed hawk, mallards overhead, tiny toads Number of other people on the trail: 4 Highlights: the coolest river crossing at Waypoint 3. Toads! Dairy Queen Chocolate dipped cone that was made EXTRA EXTRA LARGE just as I asked… So it’s not on the menu but ask and receive! … Lowlights: tent [...]
Story: Red-tailed hawks, Chipmunks, toads, orioles, geese were the animals of the day. I’ve been really loving this section of the IAT. Except for the first few miles it’s been prairie and woods and gorgeous! I really needed the attitude adjustment and getting into nature does that for me. Feeling stressed? Get outside… Just had [...]
Story: This segment starts with the glacial Drumlin Trail and after being in forests and prairie for 3 days the asphalt wasn’t as much fun. The last road (Waterville) was long but at least with a nice variety of hills. 10:52: stopped at an open prairie to enjoy an apple and cheese, butterflies and birds. [...]
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May 10,2010 This is where it starts… as I write the story here after hiking a Day 6 of the IAT. I woke up one night – at 3am – thinking about the three major US trails .. the Continental Divide, the Appalacian and the Pacific Crest … that was not a year ago.. Then [...]
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