Halloween Hike Sat. Oct 23rd, 2021
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.…
Summer Numbers
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…
Fall Color Report Oct 14 – 21
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,…
Is It Warm Enough To Swim?
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.…
Bike 4 Trails. Done.
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…
Fall Color Report Oct 7 – 14th
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…
Black Walnut Season
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…
Fall Color Report Sept 29 – Oct 6, 2021
Time again to begin our weekly fall color reports for the Baraboo Hills and Devil's Lake State Park! We offer this personal report with photos each season because here in the Baraboo Hills we have so many little microclimates that…
Elroy-Sparta State Trail Update
Well, at least one damaged section of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail should be open soon! Here's what we saw when we went up to check out the progress. The History In August of 2018, heavy rains and storms caused damage…
Proposed $40 Million Dollar Development
A proposed $40 million dollar "Devil's Lake Project" imagines some 26 VBROs & 22 single-family homes, a luxury RV park, and 60 room hotel just outside of Devil's Lake State Park's north shore. This proposal was just brought to our…