I grew up in Indiana but spent most of my summers running around the Wisconsin northwoods. My father used to lead canoeing and camping trips into Wisconsin and Michigan almost every summer so I was teethed on loon tremolos with the scent of white pines in the air. Once I graduated from college, there was no question in my mind where I was going to live. I moved to Wisconsin in 1981 and have lived here ever since. Living in Wisconsin is sort of like being on vacation every day!  *<:-D

This is Dad and me preparing for a trip on the Tippecanoe River in Indiana in 1970. As a kid, much of my camping was in relatively developed environments. Nowadays, I'm trying to get further away from people and roughing it a bit more. All of my camping is "tent" camping and it virtually always involves access to some large body of water.