There aren’t many miles of hiking at Straight Lake State Park. There is a segment of the Ice Age Trail, which we hiked a portion of, and the

Our hike started out routinely enough. Trees, foliage, you know, the usual. And then, LAKE. I knew I was in love at first sight. I’ve seen p

It was late afternoon when we checked in at Copper Falls State Park, but if felt much later as we set up our tents—to say our site had full

As we drove into the park and found a spot to picnic, I was reminded of the opening of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.” “