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<blockquote data-quote="Len Backus" data-source="post: 2153783" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>OCTOBER - KETTLE MORAINE STATE FOREST - WISCONSIN</strong></p><p></p><p>Lately much of my home area hiking and trail conditioning is done within the northern unit of this forest, about 45 minutes from my home. There is a wonderful hilly trail system that includes one wooden observation tower with 100 steps - I counted them. Imagine how helpful that tower can be with a full pack on.</p><p></p><p>A small portion of Wisconsin's 1,000 mile long Ice Age Trail runs right through this forest unit. I decided that after hiking individual sections of this hilly 32 mile portion of the Ice Age Trail, that I would next backpack it.</p><p></p><p>In mid October I drove to one end of it and chained my e-bike to a tree just past the parking lot. Then drove up to the north end and parked the car to start my route.</p><p></p><p>There are 5 campsites to choose from spread out along the 32 mile route. Each of them offers a shelter to sleep under on a bench or of course a tent pad.</p><p></p><p>I hiked 18 miles on day one to Shelter #3. I had planned to pitch my tent but thought it would be interesting to try the shelter this one time instead. Pretty nice.</p><p></p><p>On day two I hiked the remaining 14 miles to the end where my bike was safely awaiting me. Then I rode my bike about 34 miles back to my car.</p><p></p><p>I was very sore at the end of this adventure.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]262016[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGES</span></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]262017[/ATTACH][ATTACH]262018[/ATTACH][ATTACH]262019[/ATTACH][ATTACH]262020[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Len Backus, post: 2153783, member: 1"] [B]OCTOBER - KETTLE MORAINE STATE FOREST - WISCONSIN[/B] Lately much of my home area hiking and trail conditioning is done within the northern unit of this forest, about 45 minutes from my home. There is a wonderful hilly trail system that includes one wooden observation tower with 100 steps - I counted them. Imagine how helpful that tower can be with a full pack on. A small portion of Wisconsin's 1,000 mile long Ice Age Trail runs right through this forest unit. I decided that after hiking individual sections of this hilly 32 mile portion of the Ice Age Trail, that I would next backpack it. In mid October I drove to one end of it and chained my e-bike to a tree just past the parking lot. Then drove up to the north end and parked the car to start my route. There are 5 campsites to choose from spread out along the 32 mile route. Each of them offers a shelter to sleep under on a bench or of course a tent pad. I hiked 18 miles on day one to Shelter #3. I had planned to pitch my tent but thought it would be interesting to try the shelter this one time instead. Pretty nice. On day two I hiked the remaining 14 miles to the end where my bike was safely awaiting me. Then I rode my bike about 34 miles back to my car. I was very sore at the end of this adventure. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot_20210319-144406_Gallery.jpg"]262016[/ATTACH] [B][SIZE=5]CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGES[/SIZE][/B] [ATTACH alt="20201013_165030.jpg"]262017[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="20201004_102826.jpg"]262018[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="20201004_101622.jpg"]262019[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="20201002_102822.jpg"]262020[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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