Wagon Trail RV Resort, Ellison Bay, WI: Another gorgeous day. But very humid. After lunch we loaded the bikes on the truck and headed for Newport State Park. This park has lots of hiking trails, some nice places to swim, and primitive camp sites—where you pack everything in. We did that last time we were here. They’ve expanded some of the hiking trails for biking. That’s what we headed there to do. We planned on biking down to the site on Little Europe Lake we backpacked to several years ago. The gravel trail started out great for a couple of miles, but then the gravel disappeared and the trail became very rough with lots of exposed roots, rocks, and sand that caused loss of control of the bikes. It was a teeth-jarring, exhausting ride that left us covered in sweat. We biked through a beautiful, deep, dark forest though. There’s lots of wildlife in there, but the metal basket on my bike was making so much noise over this rough trail that whatever we might have seen was scared away. I’m amazed that neither of us had a flat tire. Back home and took another shower. Mid-80s today with high humidity.
In 1917, Ferdinand Hotz bought 1017 acres of what is now Newport State Park. He built an estate on Little Europe Lake which included a log cabin, carriage house, and an outhouse. This outhouse is all that remains of the estate. In 1967 the Hotz family started selling the land to the state.
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