Day 2: Sunday, July 21, 2013
Location: Connecting Route between Averill-Kelley Creek Wilderness Segment and Newwood Segment, Lincoln County, WI
I should explain what I mean by 'Connecting Route 4'. We are working with the Ice Age Trail Companion Guide, 2011 edition. On the blue page for Lincoln County, there are five connecting routes identified. This is number four on the page, reading from top to bottom.
What a difference a couple weeks make. This weekend we were putting in a driveway (by hand) on our land up near Winchester using shovels, rakes, and a wheelbarrow to move 28 yards of road base gravel. That’s two truckloads, and it’s hard, physical labor. Nonetheless, as we were driving home I realized that we would be crossing the ice age trail somewhere along the way and I pulled out our now handy Ice Age Trail Companion Guide and quickly found where the trail crossed Hwy 51 North. We turned off at Irma, drove around a bit, took a look at one of the connecting routes, then found where several of the segments started and ended, just looking for places to park and scoping out future hikes. Then we got to the 0.6 mile connecting route along CTH E and decided we’d just do it. We parked, walked from south to north, touched the sign, and then walked it north to south. We realized that if we didn’t alter out methods, we’d end up having to walk the whole silly trail twice. Nevertheless, we celebrated our first completed segment of the trail. Running total: 2.7 miles of trail covered; 5.1 miles ‘extra’ hiking. End of Day 2.
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