The slow roll of 2021's autumn color change continues. This week there is still a lot of colors out there to enjoy, and surprisingly, still a lot of green as well. Let me start off this week by offering you…
Colors are changing surprisingly fast here in the Baraboo hills and at Devil's Lake State Park this week. Our good "weather window" will be Friday and Saturday... [Weather Forecast] So if this is your weekend, come and visit us! The…
It's time once again for the annual Devil's Lake State Park Halloween Hike! Join us this Saturday, October 23rd from 6 pm to 8:30 pm. This year there is also a pumpkin carving contest from 3 pm to 5:30 pm.…
In the spring of 2021, a variety of counters were put in at Devil's Lake State Park and some surrounding properties, giving us the first clearer look at how many people visit the park. 2022 will be the first year…
Is there color out there? Yes! Are the fall colors going to peak this weekend? Well no. When will it be peak? Well, you see, it's looking like one of those weird years... If forced to call a "peak" weekend,…
Would you still want to go swimming in Devil's Lake on a nice October day? Well, for most of us that answer would be, "no!" Swimming in October? In Wisconsin?? There are folks who still swim this time of year.…
My wife and I (And our 2 border collies!) completed the Bike 4 Trails route from Marshland (Near the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge) south to Reedsburg on Wednesday morning just after 10 am. (Now we just need the Great Sauk…
It's not peak yet. There's some nice color around Devil's Lake State Park and around the Baraboo Hills as well. Certainly, there are spots to get a good photo, but if you're waiting to be surrounded in color, it's going…
Among the many autumn memories I have, collecting black walnuts is, well, a mixed bag. As kids, we'd be sent across the road from our grandmother's house with much-to-large work gloves and onion bags to collect black walnuts from a…