Burlington School Forest - Burlington Wisconsin - August 2020
One of the activities that we've been doing with the kids this Summer is spending time on walks (or...maybe some of you call them 'hikes') in state parks, on trails and in the forests. I hesitate to call them hikes because there's VERY little elevation change and we're walking on trails. After reading this piece about the difference between walking and hiking , I'm actually NOT SURE what we do. But, it doesn't really matter. We've been all pulling up our tall socks, putting on our sneakers and going out on paths. Both in Illinois (Waterfall Glen) and Wisconsin (Bong and Big Foot , mostly), we get out on trails and spend and hour or two getting into nature with the kids. On one of our recent trips, Nat found a place called "Burlington School Forest" - which we had driven past a few times. Turns out, the local school district (K-12) in Burlington Wisconsin keeps a forest area for their students. From the school district's site ...