Image from a winter hike at Brule River State Forest. / Submitted by Marilynn Nash
Image from a winter hike at Brule River State Forest. / Submitted by Marilynn Nash
Image from a winter hike at Brule River State Forest. / Submitted by Marilynn Nash
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A few days ago we hiked The Old Bayfield Road trail in Brule River State Forest.
From 1870-1885 this trail was a road for passengers, mail, and freight until the railroad replaced it.
Along the way we hiked up a small hill to the fenced-off Percival Mine (copper).
As we continued on we got a good workout hiking up and down hills through snow. Two Leopold benches near the edge of a cliff provided a resting place and a view of Lake Superior in the distance below.
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Ascending again, we reached a fire tower before heading back.
We didn’t meet other hikers, but we saw tracks of another hiker and a dog in addition to deer, squirrel, bird, and bear tracks.
Through the leafless trees, the winter-blue sky over Lake Superior caught my artist’s eye each time the trail curved back toward the north.
While in the area we experienced glass blowing at Oulu Glass Gallery in Oulu near Brule. Glass artists Jim and Sue Vojacek involved us in the art. Propane torches, white-hot blazing furnaces, colored glass chunks and powder, iron tools of the trade, a stone workshop building reminiscent of the Hobbits, and laughing, creative conversation characterized the afternoon.
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Marilynn Nash writes about her exploration of the outdoors in Wisconsin -- a variety of outdoor experiences -- hiking, biking, snowshoeing, trailbuilding volunteer work, boating, ski hill tubing and more. She'll probably try a few things she hasn't done before.
