More Camping Trips

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Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on May 16, 2011 at 5:07pm

I wasnt' able to make the last trip, but I would love to see one in the future. I just moved to Mokena, so something south would work great. :)

Permalink Reply by S on May 16, 2011 at 5:54pm

I'd be interested in other camping trips especially since I couldn't make the last one.

Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on June 30, 2011 at 9:39am

This seems to be the norm for the group. There is one trip at the start of the summer and that is it for the year. Kinda sad IMHO.

Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on June 30, 2011 at 3:22pm

I plan to go to Kettle Moraine State Forest Southern Unit the weekend of July 9-10 on my own.  Has anybody in this group camped there before?  I don't know if there have been any water problems there.  Just in case, I just bought a Brita filter bottle.  Has anybody had any experience with this bottle?  Is it effective by itself in giving you decent tasting water?

Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on February 22, 2012 at 3:56pm

Are any new camping trips being planned for 2012 at Illinois Beach, Kettle Moraine South, Chain O' Lakes, or Bong?  I'd like to see if Milwaukee and Chicago cyclists can get together in the great outdoors somewhere convenient to both our cities and swap note4sw on what we're doing. 

Permalink Reply by Cameron 7.5 mi on February 22, 2012 at 4:03pm

Going to Illinois Beach in late April or early May seems to be a tradition for this group. Although planning doesn't usually start until late March or early April, when the weather starts to be consistently nice and people start thinking about camping.

Barry Niel Stuart said:

Are any new camping trips being planned for 2012 at Illinois Beach, Kettle Moraine South, Chain O' Lakes, or Bong?  I'd like to see if Milwaukee and Chicago cyclists can get together in the great outdoors somewhere convenient to both our cities and swap note4sw on what we're doing. 

Permalink Reply by dietrich77 on February 26, 2012 at 2:12pm

I'd love to hit the southern kettle via the fox river trail or the metro to Harvard route.

Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on February 26, 2012 at 4:12pm

As for myself, since I have to come from Milwaukee, I take the Hank Aaron Trail to the New Berlin Trail to the Glacial Drumlin Trail to Hwy. 67.  That's the route I took when I went to Kettle Moraine-South last July.  I camped near Ottawa Lake in the north end of the forest.

Permalink Reply by dietrich77 on February 26, 2012 at 4:27pm

Are there sufficient trees for hanging a hammock? Years ago I mountain biked there but never camped.

Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on February 27, 2012 at 3:13pm

In what part of the forest did you go?  I myself pitched near Ottawa Lake in the north part of the forest in Waukesha County.