Photo Blog with Waterfalls, Hiking, Outdoors, and other Adventures
Final stop from Memorial Weekend day trip was the spillway at Belleville Community Park. I thought it had an actual waterfall for my checklist but I read incorrectly – this is an all man-made spillway. Oh well, still kinda neat. Best part was the extraordinarily friendly & social snakes (northern water snake, Nerodia sipedon). These little … Read more
Big Spring Creek in the small town of Highland, Wisconsin contains a fantastic cascades/waterfall just a short hike from the parking area. Also goes by the name of Big Spring Branch waterfall and other variations. This creek is well known for class I/II trout fishing, and the spring itself is fed from an underground river. … Read more
Waterfall checklist time. Continuing the trend of underwhelming destinations my next stop was Tennyson Falls. This small waterfall is located on private property (County Road O about 1.5 miles east of Hwy 61 in Tennyson, WI; look south across bridge) and barely visible due to tree cover. Even zoomed in using my bigger camera lens … Read more
The plan for today was just a quick daytrip with short hikes. After Belmont Mount was a bust, I tried my luck next at Nelson Dewey State Park. Just picked up a new Forester so any good excuse for a drive will do. Much like Belmont Mound, this site only has about 2 miles of … Read more
Had some free time on Memorial Day weekend for a short day trip. Decided to head southwest and start at Belmont Mound State Park. This is a small park & State Natural Area operated by the local Lions Club. Main feature is an observation tower that still stands but has been permanently closed by the DNR … Read more
I’m posting out of order today in honor of the #optoutside movement started by REI to encourage people to skip the evil that is Black Friday shopping and instead get outdoors. Luckily today in Wisconsin we had a mini heat wave and tied record highs around 65 degrees which made it an easy choice! Before … Read more
Woke up Saturday morning and decided to take a drive. My main goal was to scout land for the upcoming deer season in the Appleton/Green Bay area. High Cliff State Park was near enough for my overnight base camp allowing me to also check off another WI state park. I hastily threw together a backpack and … Read more
Last stop for my short weekend trip on 8/5/17 was Rocky Arbor State Park. It’s one of the smaller parks (244 acres) and is sandwiched in between busy highways I-94 and Hwy 12. It can be easily hiked in an hour or two with features including rock bluffs and a variety of plant life. I took … Read more
After leaving Governor Dodge State Park, I lost cell service (PS – Sprint is no bueno in WI), so I busted out the paper road atlas and picked the nearest destination. This time it happened to be Tower Hill State Park. I didn’t know anything about it beforehand but discovered the original purpose was for … Read more
It’s been a busy past few months and I was becoming irritated with my lack of adventure. Friday at work was slow, thunderstorms were giving way to clear skies, and I could sit still no longer. A last minute plan was hatched because that seems to be my modus operandi – and to be honest, trips … Read more