driving around
So today I started my voyage with plenty of stops ahead of me and the first one was in Hales Corners. Then I stopped in Caledonia before heading further south to Kenosha then over to Lake Geneva then back north to Spring Prairie for a short visit. I jumped back in the car and headed west over to East Troy and then a quick stop in Palmyra and it was time for lunch. For the first time I took Hwy E from Palmyra to Summit for another stop.( this road will be added to my long ride nice long big hills)Then I took one left turn on Hwy E to Johnson Creek. I took the back roads the whole way out to the Creek today, no freeways.
Here are a couple of things you notice on back country roads.
Thank a hunter because their license money has brought back the turkey like you can't imagine. It seems bails of hay are still the best way to insulate the outer walls of your home. A foot of snow makes every ones yard seem more peaceful, even the junk yard on hwy 20. You can see the deer tracks on the edges of every field. Lots of folks are snowmobiling even though the trail closed signs are still out. Some of the lakes have ice thick enough to fish on already. Every town has a bar open before lunch time and a gas station that sells beer. Seen two peasants and the dead sheep was still in the field and had a few crows pecking at it. Yes a dead sheep. Last week we stopped at a cell site fiber regeneration hut and talked to the farmer whose land it is on, wolves killed one of his sheep. The DNR confirmed the kill and he filled out some paper work and the State will reimburse him for his loss. Yes, two wolves in Concord, Wisconsin killed a sheep. That's about 15 miles east of Johnson Creek on Hwy E. I am not sure the fact that their is a known wolf pack 20 miles from Waukesha is an eye opener to anyone but it is to me. That pack will double in size every year with the amount of food in this part of the state. Guard your dogs and small children. The farmer was told two of the wolves have collars on and they traveled down from the portage area 3 years ago and established the pack west of Oconomowoc but has since moved west and south.
I grabbed a Carmel apple at the Pine Cone and headed back towards home. Oh, I was checking the temperatures in all the building to see if the heaters were working. Somebody has to do it.
Here are a couple of things you notice on back country roads.
Thank a hunter because their license money has brought back the turkey like you can't imagine. It seems bails of hay are still the best way to insulate the outer walls of your home. A foot of snow makes every ones yard seem more peaceful, even the junk yard on hwy 20. You can see the deer tracks on the edges of every field. Lots of folks are snowmobiling even though the trail closed signs are still out. Some of the lakes have ice thick enough to fish on already. Every town has a bar open before lunch time and a gas station that sells beer. Seen two peasants and the dead sheep was still in the field and had a few crows pecking at it. Yes a dead sheep. Last week we stopped at a cell site fiber regeneration hut and talked to the farmer whose land it is on, wolves killed one of his sheep. The DNR confirmed the kill and he filled out some paper work and the State will reimburse him for his loss. Yes, two wolves in Concord, Wisconsin killed a sheep. That's about 15 miles east of Johnson Creek on Hwy E. I am not sure the fact that their is a known wolf pack 20 miles from Waukesha is an eye opener to anyone but it is to me. That pack will double in size every year with the amount of food in this part of the state. Guard your dogs and small children. The farmer was told two of the wolves have collars on and they traveled down from the portage area 3 years ago and established the pack west of Oconomowoc but has since moved west and south.
I grabbed a Carmel apple at the Pine Cone and headed back towards home. Oh, I was checking the temperatures in all the building to see if the heaters were working. Somebody has to do it.
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