Touring the labyrinth of county and township roads that wind their way along shifting rivers, through intersecting ravines, and around plunging hillsides leads to eventual departure from the world as you know it. As your compass needle spins in utter confusion and...
To hear the call prompts us to look skyward, to run to the nearest clearing where we might glimpse the v-shaped flock as it cuts a geometric line through the air. It’s our own signal to make ready for the spectacle of fall and the onset of winter. The Upper...
A hickory nut plummets to earth and ricochets off a bed of crisp leaves and Riley jumps at the sound. This rustle of leaves usually portends a fruitless chase of squirrel or deer but Riley only stands perplexed.Signs of the impending gold rush of color are...
On September 18 and 19, the sixth-annual Driftless Area Art Festival celebrates that artistry at Soldiers Grove along the banks of the Kickapoo River, a setting seemingly plucked from the canvas of the landscapes on display. Eighty visual artists will exhibit – and...
There are no interstate highways in Driftless Wisconsin, which is to say the roads allow a leisurely pace with frequent stops along the way to admire the landscape; secluded valleys with richly forested hillsides and ridge-top vistas that beg for a photo.Highway 82...
Rivers set the pace of river towns. I remember as a child waking up to the smell of bacon, the sound of the morning news on local radio, and the booming voice of Ruth Downing. Ruth remains to this day my story of Ontario, a small river town set like a chapter in a...
