Around Wisco: Hiking the Ice Age Trail

Join photojournalist Cameron Gillie for a presentation all about his newest book Around Wisco: Hiking the Ice Age Trail. After experiencing a medical emergency at the age of 47, Gillie began making significant changes to his lifestyle, which included setting out to hike the entire 1,200 miles of the Ice Age Trail. A long-time photographer, he also set out to take on the most ambitious project of his career by documenting the people, communities, and scenic views he saw on his journey along the trail with his camera.

Cameron witnessed a wide variety of people and places along the trail. "As expected, Wisconsin has many cafes and bars, but there were also the unexpected, like a monastery in Saint Nazianz where I was a guest for the night. There was a small sunrise wedding I happened across in Devil’s Lake State Park. I met a girl and her mother walking her sheep down the road, getting them ready for the Portage County Fair. Another day I met a New York Times best-selling author passing through town, sitting at the next table to me in a coffee shop in Kewaskum. You never know whom you will meet crossing the state on foot."