Photo Blog with Waterfalls, Hiking, Outdoors, and other Adventures
Picked up tickets to see Deftones with The Mars Volta at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on the first leg of their North American Tour 2025. This is my first concert at the UC (though I have been here before to see the Blackhawks) and I’m curious to see how the venue works for … Read more
Tonight’s campground was a happy accident – I didn’t intend to end up here, I was just driving north towards home and this was the best stopping point I could find. Truth be told I knew nothing about the site; it was a road sign that led me here as the daylight was fading. That … Read more
Darkness was setting in as I reached the final stop on the weekend’s adventure. I had not expected water levels on Otter Creek to be flowing quite so well at Baxter’s Hollow, but I frantically scrambled to get some photos before I was completely out of light. So after driving to the end of Stones … Read more
Final stop today and last stop in Kansas for this leg of the journey. Once again I ended up in the middle of nowhere but exactly where I planned to be. Checking off another highpoint at Mount Sunflower, the highest point in Kansas at 4,039 feet above sea level. Fun fact: also not a mountain. … Read more
While on my way back to camp at Perrot State Park, I was surprised to find a summer celebration in downtown Trempealeau, Wisconsin called the Catfish Days Festival. Nothing was waiting for me back at camp and I’ve learned to never pass up a good catfish sandwich so I stopped to check things out for … Read more
Home base for the past couple of days has been Copper Falls State Park. I skipped them on this trip in favor of other destinations (see old posts here, don’t skip these if you’ve never visited before) but the weather did give me an opportunity for some fantastic night photography. Clear Sky Charts confirm this … Read more
Sleep was paused for my final night at Lost Lake Campground in Tipler, Wisconsin. Night skies were cooperative and outer space was revealing her secrets. Views from the camp beach with a beer in hand – pretty hard to beat. While the naked-eye views were spectacular, sadly my camera shots were blocked by the wispy … Read more
While my first day at Joshua Tree National Park was mostly driving and setting up camp, my first night I spent at Pinto Basin pullout trying to capture the stars. A park suggested by a ranger at the visitor center because it’s the darkest part of the park. I spent several hours sitting and waiting … Read more
Thanks to my cousin Bryce who was able to get a few tickets to a Hawks game, we had a blast! Hawks won 4-1 and Kane’s point streak at the time was up to 23 games. Check this page for more details and recap. Some videos: Lat = 41.8806725 , Long = -87.6740799 … Read more
Old concert photos from Deftones and Incubus at the Hollywood Casino Ampitheatre in Tinley Park, Illinois. These ones especially are pretty bad, but still sharing to track the shows I’ve been to. We had lawn seats and got there late so they were pretty far in the back. My iPhone 5 just couldn’t keep up … Read more