Photo by Bill Stokes
By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, takes his hiking advice from Phyllis who has hiked in every national park in the continental US and has a hiking stick covered with park medals to prove it. She has also hiked portions of Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail, as has the keeper, who once served on the Ice Age Trail board.
The Ice Age Trail winds for 1200 miles marking the terminal locations of the most recent glaciers and as such it takes hikers on an incomparable route of natural variety and beauty. The only “ICE” presence along the trail is during the Wisconsin winters when cross-country skis and snowshoes are the order of the hiking day.
From its headquarters in Cross Plains, the Ice Age Trail staff keeps tabs on an extensive volunteer maintenance program and provides information to hikers of all kinds.
On a hike many years ago in the “Blue Hills” portion of the trail, the keeper lost a favorite compass, probably when he rested next to a beaver pond. He would appreciate somebody finding and returning it and he has talked to Phyllis about it. But she said she is not likely to be hiking that area and is not anxious to get involved in yet another episode of the keeper having lost something.
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