Before COVID-19, we decided that we hadn't explored local enough. It seems fitting now as we are choosing to stay pretty local. So, this summer we will be exploring 50 things within 50 miles. Our adventures begin with (1) Rustic Road 83 and the (2) Ice Age Trail.
Staying home is hard with 3 girls, so we often go for drives. We like to play the left, right, left game where at every intersection a different person gets to choose which direction we go in. This led us to
Rustic Road 83. This road is located at 13 3/4-16 Street/Narrow Gauge Rd. It follows the route of an old railroad line used in the logging era. The road goes through the 4,100 acre Barron County Forest and has a great variety of trees and wildlife. Everyone enjoyed seeing a sun-washed deer carcass, it looked pretty cool. On our way home from one of our drives we saw 16 dear along the side of the road. This was near Bear Lake.
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| Scoping out the Trail. |
The Ice Age trail is a 1000 mile footpath that highlights the remnants of the glaciers from 12,000 years ago. The trail treks throughout Wisconsin and is one of only eleven National Scenic Trails. You can read more about it at
http://iceagetrail.org.
There are a few trailheads for us to choose from within a 20 minute or less drive. Because we enjoyed the Rustic Road, we chose the Grassy Lake Segment to explore. Next, we decided on the Bear Lake Segment because it comes out by the Boy Scout Camp and appeared to be a pretty easy hike. The only problem with reading a map online and seeing that the Grassy Lake Segment turns in to the Bear Lake Segment is that you don't consider that there might be separate trailheads. So after a nice hike, a great picnic, and about 4 miles of hiking, we realized we might be on the wrong trail. Our 4 mileish hike turned into an 8 mile hike as we had to backtrack. It was quite the adventure as we had trekked through lots of mud and wet grass. Mylee even fell in one of the puddles! But what's life without a little adventure? The girls were troopers. I definitely recommend getting an actual map, especially if you are planning more than one adventure to the ice age trail!
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| Picnic Time! |
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| Starting our Adventure! |
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| Family Time! |
Staying home is hard with 3 girls, so we often go for drives. We like to play the left, right, left game where at every intersection a different person gets to choose which direction we go in. This led us to Rustic Road 83. This road is located at 13 3/4-16 Street/Narrow Gauge Rd. It follows the route of an old railroad line used in the logging era. The road goes through the 4,100 acre Barron County Forest and has a great variety of trees and wildlife. Everyone enjoyed seeing a sun-washed deer carcass, it looked pretty cool. On our way home from one of our drives we saw 16 dear along the side of the road. This was near Bear Lake.
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