Planning the 50 Campfires Lake Michigan Shores Field Trip, the temptation was great to focus on “The Big Pond” as it’s sometimes called. After all, Lake Michigan is home to three species of salmon, four species of trout, and other game fish. Around the Lake, hundreds of fishing charters are ready to take you out [...]

Most everyone with even a slight interest in the outdoors has heard of the Appalachian Trail, but for many, it’s a “far away” thing.  Far fewer know about the National Trail System or realize there are opportunities to explore trails in the same class as the AT in every part of the country. The Ice [...]

Do you still need convincing Lake Michigan is truly an inland ocean? Well, consider the fact that the remains or full structures of something like 87 lighthouses are to be found on the shores and islands of the third largest of the Great Lakes? There are 20 of them are found on Wisconsin’s Door County [...]

There’s nothing quite like experiencing winter in Wisconsin...unless you’re experiencing it while riding in a horse drawn sleigh! We’ve put together a list of 12 great winter sleigh rides in Wisconsin, divided by area of the state! If you know of a great sleigh ride in Wisconsin that we missed, please let us know – [...]

There’s nothing quite like experiencing winter in Wisconsin...unless you’re experiencing it while riding in a horse drawn sleigh! We’ve put together a list of 12 great winter sleigh rides in Wisconsin, divided by area of the state! If you know of a great sleigh ride in Wisconsin that we missed, please let us know – [...]

Fall is one of our favorite times to get out hiking and see the changes that happen within nature. While it’s easy to take this beautiful change of scenery for granted, we’ve compiled a list of 32 locations across the country that we think will help remind you just how special this time of year [...]

Fall is one of our favorite times to get out hiking and see the changes that happen within nature. While it’s easy to take this beautiful change of scenery for granted, we’ve compiled a list of 32 locations across the country that we think will help remind you just how special this time of year [...]