went for a walk

[low_delta]

Cindy and I have been trying to walk the entire Ozaukee Interurban trail. This a bike trail the the county created on the bed of the old Interurban railway, that used to run from Sheboygan to Milwaukee, with stops in all the local towns. We hadn't walked any of it since last fall. I'd been meaning to get back to it, but never did. And now it's hot. Fortunately, our next segment was near the lake, so slightly cooler than inland.

So we parked in the lot of the motel, and walked down the road - this is a segment that doesn't follow the railroad bed. And then it turned and went under the freeway. Where we found a dead deer.



Then the trail turned at a T intersection, but didn't tell us which way to go. I didn't think the trail would double back the way it came from, even if it was on the other side of the freeway, so we turned north.




This place had a little sign in the grass that said, "Free cherrys. Help yourself." So Cyn did.


Not sure what was going on here, but the the topsoil was spread neatly around the otherwise empty field.

When I got back home, I checked the Google, and it showed that the trail did indeed double back on itself, since the road section was a detour around a long-missing bridge.

Comments

[mellary4.livejournal.com]

That must be where they are keeping the new mailbox till they install it? It looks like they aren't expecting as much mail as they did before :)

That is one dead as hell deer!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

It looks like it was easier to just put it inside the big one, that it is to install it properly. Whatever works, I guess.

Keep you eye out for further photos of said deer.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

We mean to get up there more often. At the moment, the trail doesn't reach the city. But if we make it to the end of the existing trail, we'll be close enough.

Any hints on the name of the shop?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Well really, what place in Sheboygan doesn't sell some kind of sausage? ;-)

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Were the free cherries by anybody's house or farm?
That deer has been dead for a loooong time.
:P

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

They were in somebody's front yard.

I'm guessing the deer has been there since winter. Strange how intact it is. It must have dried out before the coyotes came around.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

That is a really tiny deer!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

It's not big, but I think it is/was bigger than it looks in this picture. It had a couple of antler stubs.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

The deer here have lost their fear of me, and come right up to the house now. The does are "taller" than I am. That one looks from the coloring to be an adult, and I am using Cynn as a size guide it looks to have been about 3 ft tall. Is that about right?