Lake Geneva pleasure parlay: Hike plus cruise

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. It is possible to hike the entire 21-mileperimeter of Lake Geneva, thanks to a Wisconsin law requiringlakeside property owners to maintain easement for public use. Aslong as you stay on the three-foot-wide path, you are not trespassingon private property.

It's the intrepid hiker who is willing to take on the fullcircumference of the lake. But this fall brings an excellent chanceto combine an eight-mile hike from the town of Lake Geneva toWilliams Bay with a luncheon cruise.

On weekdays from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, Geneva Lake Cruise Line'sBelle of the Lake will put out from Williams Bay Municipal Pier at12:30 p.m. for a narrated 1 1/2-hour luncheon …