Forgetting to purchase a State Park
sticker prior to a planned hike typically means a change of plans.
Therefore, Tobias and I had to settle on a State Natural area for Saturday's hike.
It was a rare fifty degrees in February this particular Saturday,
which is typically unheard of for a Wisconsin Winter. This particular
winter had been fairly mild, but the sudden rise in temperature was a
welcome surprise. I had seen freshly fallen snow in a dusty blanket at
my feet on Wednesday,
but the Lodi marsh turned back into its namesake with the spring-like
weather. With mud almost to our ankles at points, we trekked for a
couple hours with the dog taking in the quiet.
If you looked down, you could see the earth coming
back to life again, and meltwater trickling across the trail. It carved
the ice into unique formations that were reminiscent of glacial canyons.
With my camera handy, I captured these organic designs. To me, these
images couldn't be processed in anything but black and white.
Through the photographs, I saw two series. Here is the second, in color, and these are simply about hiking with a dog.
