Today's hike was our first with companions. Kolden, Senja, and Peter joined us for half of our walk around Janesville. Kolden led the way. Peter pointed out many interesting places in town, such as the closed GM plant, farmer's market, and ski show park. Senja brought up the rear, exploring many things the rest of us missed.

The Janesville trails are wonderful, paved, and well used by many friendly, courteous bikers and walkers. Many parks along the way mean there's plenty of water and comfortable places to rest.
The Devil's Staircase was interesting and a bit narrow in spots. It wouldn't take much inattention to slip on the sand and find yourself over the edge. Built by the CCC many years ago, and worn down now, it appears to get lots of use and would be nice to have fixed up a bit.

We hiked half the day and then shuttled our vehicle up the trail to Cross Plains, borrowing Peter's car.