1000 Islands Nature Center
admin In Kaukauna on the east side of the Fox Valley Metro Area is the 1000 Islands Nature Center on the Fox River. Growing up this was an area local schools…
State Parks and City Trails
Appleton Memorial Loop
Memorial Park on the north side of Appleton WI has a trail called the Appleton Memorial Loop. When my daughter was in martial arts I would walk through this park…
Pierce Park Trail
In Appleton we have a plethora of parks. I would bet that there is no place in Appleton that is more than a mile from a park. Then you have…
Loop the Little Lake
Loop the Little Lake is a trail that my family was walked several times. My Facebook page has multiple pictures from this trail. And you don’t need to walk the…
Guckenberg-Sturm Preserve
For this blog post I decided to do something that had some more spooky elements to it. The Guckenberg-Sturm Preserve is a small piece of land that looks as wild…
Newberry Trail
Saturday I decided to walk the Newberry Trail again, as I try to prior to all of my reviews. This Saturday was graced by beautiful weather and the presence of…
Fox Trot Trail
The Appleton Fox Trot Trail intersects with several other trails in the valley below downtown Appleton. It also follows a portion of College Avenue and takes you through the campus…
Hydroelectric Heritage Trail
Earlier this summer I was walking along the Hydroelectric Heritage Trail when I came up with the idea of these reviews. So text of this specific review has been swirling…
Lake Antoine Camp Grounds
Continuing my three week chain of Michigan Park/Trail reviews. Every year my family, including the extended family, spends a week at Lake Antoine Camp Grounds. This is our main escape…
Pier’s Gorge
It looks like I am going to go into a three post run on Michigan Parks. Last week was Lake Fumee and I suppose next week I will write about…