Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is one of my favorite places to visit with my son Phoenix. So easy to find being right of highway 21 between Tomah and Necedah.  Their visitor center is by far one of the best I have been to with so many hands on learning tools and very friendly staff. We in fact spent so much time in there we only had time for one short trail.

 

After absorbing all sorts of info and noticing what time it was we hurried out the door to get a hike in before sundown. We chose Harvey’s Pond Trail a quick .7 mile loop around a pretty small pond. The entrance for this trail is off highway 21 right before the entrance to the park.

Wish I would have known this trail was here all the times I have been taking highway 21 home. It is a perfect trail to just get of the highway for short quick walk to wake up a bit more because if you live in the area you understand how boring highway 21 can be.

With the sun going down it was so gorgeous and worth the time it takes to get Phoenix in the carrier and ready for winter hiking.

I’m very curious about how the fishing is here. Will have to come back this summer and find out.

Even got to get an up close look a mole for the first time. It was laying dead in the middle of the path with seemed a little odd.  Never would I have imagined their face to look like that. All the damage these tiny things can create amazes me.

 

One last shot at the sunset and all its glory on this beautiful day.

After my moment with the Sunset I come up on this. Can you see the car over there? So this could be a problem right now. I tried to go around the woods way and got no where but entangled with briers. So around on the ice was the last option. I asked my hiking buddy if he was ready for that………

…….that was a yes. I called back Cole to come help in case things went terrible wrong. Even though I know that small of a pond was probably solid ice, I’m not a big fan of chancing anything with my precious cargo on. We made it around and back to safety of land in less than 30 seconds lol.

 

We ended the hike with snow angels, big smiles and some pretty cold cheeks.

Video to recap the whole adventure. Yes even the quick little hikes are adventures.

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