I had planned on driving up on Monday, but was delayed due to a late-season snow that plagued both the La Crosse and Chicago areas. It was a quite a wet snow and travel conditions were marginal at best, so I stayed home and shoveled. (This seemed to be a good move...

Ever had one of those trees that you want to cut down, but don't know how to safely go about it? This tree had me stumped. It was originally damaged back in the days that I was tent camping in the pole shed. I was trying to get some sleep when at around 11 p.m. a line...

It's hard to believe sometimes how rapidly weather can change. I arrived on March 8th with temperatures struggling to get into the teens (F) and exactly one week later, temperatures nearly reached 70°(F). Although there was only a couple of inches of snow on the...