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Nordic Hiking part 2 (BLUE LOOP) :D

Hi everyone! Today was a beautiful day for hiking! The 9.19 mile loop was invigorating and gorgeous! We each brought backpacks filled with water and snicky snacks 🙂  

Posted in October Tagged #Fall, #NordicHikingTrails, #SouthKettleMoraine, #WisconsinHiking 3 Comments

Nordic Trails part 2!

Hello! For my next quest, I will be adventuring to the Nordic Hiking and Skiing Trails again! Last time I went here, my friend and I completed the orange loop: 2.6 miles. This Sunday we are going to hike the blue loop: 9.19 miles! It is the biggest loop at this park.   Normally I like to […]

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Paradise Springs!

Paradise Springs was beautiful! Unfortunately they weren’t done renovating it completely. The nature trail is .5 miles.  We walked around the area and hiked down connected paths. I got a tick bite!!!! That was the first one that ever buried itself…it was scary!

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3rd Nature Quest! (Paradise Springs redo) :)

Happy Thursday everyone! Tomorrow is 10/20/17  and Paradise Springs should be reopened! I will update the quest log with this adventure sometime Saturday. Paradise Springs, round two! 😀    

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Nordic Hiking and Skiing Trails!

Hello! So Friday my friend and I ventured to Paradise Falls and found out it is closed for renovation until October 20th 🙁 For this nature quest, I went to the Nordic Hiking and Skiing Trails; they’re apart of the Southern Unit Kettle Moraine State Forest. 2nd Nature Quest Location: Nordic Hiking + Skiing Trails, […]

Posted in October Tagged #Woods 1 Comment

2nd Nature Quest! :D

Hello fellow adventurers! I plan on posting every Wednesday(pre-quest) and every Saturday(post-quest).   This Friday I shall be questing to Paradise Springs Nature Trail, WI 😀 -I checked the weather and apparently it is going to be 72 degrees out; woo! -I might tweek the point system of the “quest stats” to balance it out […]

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Raceway Woods pics!

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Raceway Woods Quest

1st Nature Quest Location: Raceway Woods:  Carpentersville, IL                 *4.5/5 Leaf-rating Attendance:  High   STATS:                                                                                                               Categories:                                                                                          Points:   Quest!:                                                                                                      100 Miles hiked: 2.5                                                          […]

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First Blog, woo!

Hello and welcome to my blog! I’m Crystal Wilhelm and my blog is going to focus around hiking in Southern WI (and sometimes hiking in Northern IL.) Each quest will be accompanied by a stats sheet, filled with various stats such as miles hiked, animals seen, rocks collected, etc. I am also going to have […]

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