Tag: Wisconsin
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ALONE ON THE ICE AGE TRAIL
I took a walk through time recently. Matter of fact, I walked thru a period of the Earth’s history that occurred 10,000 to one million years ago. And I witnessed the remnants of a tremendous battle that occurred against a frozen invader. I walked a portion of the Ice Age Trail. I arrived at the Intersection of Forest Road 558 and the trail at dusk on a warm mid-October day. I had hitchhiked to the southern border of the Chequamegon National Forest in Taylor County in northern Wisconsin from Stevens Point,…
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THE HITCH TO NEW ORLEANS
In March of 1979, I set out from home in Stevens Point, Wisconsin to catch some warmer weather during Spring Break. I didn’t have a plan but thought I’d try New Orleans. Below is an unedited copy of my journal notes. I brought my camera but rarely pulled it out during the hitch. 22 March (written on 25 March) I’m a bit curious about what will happen to me and where I’ll go in the next 11 days but for the most part I am confident things will go well. At…
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