Taylor County Preview

Ah yes, Taylor County once more. After taking a year off from our yearly trip to the High Point Chapter, we return to help take care and improve the 80 plus miles of Ice Age Trail through the county. Base camp will be at Wood Lake County Park, which may be my favorite campsite for an MSC event. We’ve had some good times up there, especially doing our morning stretches in the snow a few years back! Our water bottles were freezing in the morning, but I think everyone was just excited to be working in such a beautiful spot with the snow adding wonderment to our surroundings.

The project will have a little bit of everything, from a half mile reroute, to rock work, boardwalk, bridge construction, mowing, maintenance and as always, updating signage. There literally is something for everyone. I know I'll be doing a little of nothing like usual. Work is so much easier when you watch everyone else doing it for you.

This years class of crew leaders, Weather or Not, will most likely be there showing everyone how things are down. They've been very well represented at the last few projects and their enthusiasm has added to the MSC atmosphere. Come up and enjoy everything the Northwoods have to offer! Hopefully the wolves will serenade us to sleep. We've been spoiled with our run of beautiful areas this year from Straight Lake to Plover River to Grandfather Falls and now Wood Lake. If all this hasn't spurred you on to make the trek up to Taylor County, maybe the chance to enjoy Rustic Road 1 will tweak your interest. It's the first rustic road in the state!