Photo Blog with Waterfalls, Hiking, Outdoors, and other Adventures
Third concert in three weeks – what a busy season, some years I don’t even see that many shows. Tonight it’s for Glassjaw and Poison The Well at The Salt Shed in Chicago, Illinois. First time at this venue and have to say it’s pretty fancy as compared to many others. I was late due … Read more
It’s spring 2025 and feels more like winter, but there’s some weird noise rock in the air mixed with the undeniable bacon odors that come for free with a visit to X-Ray Arcade in Cudahy, WI. Tuesday night, Kickstand Productions, all ages, three bands. Couldn’t think of a better place to be. For those who … Read more
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
My last stop was a bust, but when life gives you lemons you adjust and make the best of it. Or lemonade, I don’t know. In this case it afforded me the reason to detour to the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park in Hodgenville, Kentucky. The park is split into two separate units, right … Read more
I was a bit bored with only driving and decided to stretch my legs. Luckily there was promise of a hike with a waterfall while remaining on my Natchez Trace Parkway route. So I turned off into Tishomingo State Park in Tishomingo, Mississippi and laced up my shoes. I chose to do part of the … Read more
Hanging out with some Toyota friends again for a weekend of camping and southwest Wisconsin (and Iowa) gravel road exploration on the Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail, or TWAT for short. Basically a repeat of some points from 2023 but this time I’m too lazy to break apart in separate posts for the locations. Shout out … 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
Leaving Wyalusing and heading home, a few of us decided to take an alternate route called the Wisconsin River Overland Tour, or WROT for short. It was shared to us by a TacomaWorld forum member but was un-verified by anyone in our group, and there isn’t much info about it online. A couple of the … Read more
My final destination for the day was at Big Springs Nature Park in Guttenberg, Iowa. From Hazel Green, Wisconsin I followed IA-3 and US-52 along what they call the Great River Road National Scenic Byway. The drive itself is pretty fun and shows the Iowa side along the Mississippi but often times goes inland. Either … Read more
The endpoint of this weekend’s group expedition was at Potosi Point, a small peninsula that sticks out into the Mississippi River and has a small boat launch at the end. Our group of Toyotas broke into two groups to start the day to keep our length on the trails manageable. Group #1 arrived first and … Read more