STEP by STEP Local woman completes state’s Ice Age Trail of more than 1,000 miles by foot Mike Ramczyk by
Disney World in Orlando, Florida might be the top destination in the United States for families to vacation with their small kids. Who wouldn’t want to see Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and the rest of the gang, right? Sure, you hop in the car and pull off your own version of the movie “Vacation” with a road trip or secure airplane tickets and pray the baby doesn’t cry so bad that he or she stops the flight. It’s roughly 1,200 miles from Elkhorn to Orlando.
Now imagine not only walking CORRESPONDENT to Disney World, but hiking there, through challenging terrains of hills, rocks, snow, ice, water and more. Enter Elkhorn native Robyn Swanson. The lifelong Southeastern Wisconsin resident and mother of two was never really into hiking and preferred to go out of state for trips. That’s until she discovered the Ice Age Trail – right in her backyard.
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Robyn Swanson, of Elkhorn, marks her 1,000th mile of hiking on the Ice Age Trail. Swanson completed the 1,200-miles of the trail Thanksgiving week. SUBMITTED PHOTO Spirit of Geneva Lakes
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