

Kayaking the Black with family on the hottest weekend of the year
We usually schedule a trip up north around the Fourth of July weekend. It was Fourth of July week six years ago that started this journey...


Kayak Adventures
Group trip with Bryan, Dave and John on Thursday. Fred came up on Friday. Thursday, Bryan and I got to the property around suppertime....


High water
A last minute trip up to the property with Bryan. I had thought we would be able to get up there sometime over the next few weeks, but...


Canoecopia 2018
Lorraine and I attended Canoecopia 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin, the largest paddling show in the world, so I am led to believe. What an...


Lost phone, wasp stings and weather
Traveled to the property with Bryan, Dave and Fred on Friday. We would meet John, who had gone up on Thursday night. We had been debating...


Ticks are one reason I won't kill the snakes
So, a few months back we found what we thought was a timber rattlesnake. As it turned out, it was a Fox Snake. Many people don't...


We don't need no safety harnesses
Trip up with Lorraine for two primary purposes; to meet with Terry from Jackson County Zoning on stairs, and to meet with David on...


I hate ticks
When you live in the deer capital of Wisconsin, you are probably living in the tick capital of Wisconsin. We have dealt with ticks from...


It was not a rattlesnake
The Wisconsin DNR contacted me today. This IS NOT a Timber Rattlesnake. I started having my doubts the more I read. This was a Fox Snake....


Three kayak groups in two days
Family gathering for the Fourth-of-July weekend. Molly and Nate traveled to the property on Friday night and camped out. I left early on...






























