It turns out I had to backtrack on the Ice Age Trail because I missed a brand new part of the trail that was not on the information I was sent. I stumbled across a newspaper article about the section during a Google search. This part of the trail is at the end of Old Sauk Road.
The trail goes through woods on the left and then onto yonder prairie at the top of the hill.
The trail passes a scenic sandstone outcrop.
There is still a lot of work to be done in this section, and evidence of all of the volunteers hours that have already been logged.
The treats were good on this section of the trail, blackberries in season.
Leaving the woods and entering the prairie.
The wild flowers are beautiful: Queen Anne’s Lace.
Chicory: brought to Wisconsin by returning Civil War soldiers, after using it as a coffee substitute during the war.
At the end of the prairie is a National Park Service Office building on the grounds of the former Wilkie farm.
This part of the Ice Age Trail is adjacent to Dane County park land as well as land reserved for development of a State Park. There’s also a loop in the trail at the end, that circles the Wilkie Gorge, which is part of the Ice Age geological story.
Walkway along the gorge.
Path along the gorge.
A mourning dove along the trail.
A Ford 800 tractor in deep weeds along the trail.
Recognition for the volunteers who help make the Ice Age Trail possible.
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