Wisconsin has more than 12,000 rivers, creeks, and streams chalking up in excess of 80,000 miles within its perimeter. These hydraulic conduits collect and transport rain and melt water in all 4 directions and off into 2 collection points, compliments of a subcontinental divide that pours some water into the Atlantic Ocean and the rest into the Gulf of Mexico. On the west side of Madison, out to Mt. Horeb, lies the Sugar River and its collections of streams and creeks that transport the surface water south into the Pecatonica, and shortly thereafter, to the Rock River on its way to the Mississippi. This 91-mile long river drops 386′ and carries with it a white sand that provides the descriptive noun of Sugar. It originates in the Driftless Area of SW Wisconsin and is impounded twice on the upper river, causing canoes, kayaks, and tube riders to portage. A few wildlife areas are set aside with reservoirs providing hotel accommodations for waterfowl and staging areas for the predators who feed on them, including the camouflaged bipeds who think they rule the roost. Aerial surveillance by the quarry thwarts the hunters often. Lower dams provide more collection points so that fish can breed, thus bringing in the pole holding hunters. You know those male fisherman types who can tolerate boredom well with their handheld tools. The lower dams were also designed to tickle out a few KW’s out of the trickle. A visit is highly recommended during all 4 seasons as the backdrops change in color and scenery as life’s most precious resource meanders its way down to the salty cemetery for water. In time, it is reborn as precipitation, and it repeats the circle and cycle of life again and again. Water is the clear blood of the Earth.
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