Photo Blog with Waterfalls, Hiking, Outdoors, and other Adventures
There are no shortages of hikes or waterfalls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and luckily my next stop wasn’t far after leaving Cataract Falls. Only several miles up the road, Laurel Falls is another popular short day hike. Parking at the trail head was a battle – likely due to the Thanksgiving holiday and kids … Read more
Left Newport this morning and bid Kelly farewell; she was heading east for work and I had to go west for tomorrow’s outbound flight. Sunshine and 40 degree temps made for excellent hiking weather (something we could have used the last few days). Oh well, onward to make the most of my limited time here! … Read more
My friend Kelly finished work early and we finally got to hike together! Due to limited daylight we headed to nearby Burgess Falls State Park which is south of Cookeville in Putnam County. Reed a.k.a “Darkness“, the black lab in photos, loves hiking and is extremely well-behaved (although she gets slightly excited for squirrels). A … Read more
After leaving Waterloo Falls, I was itching to do some actual hiking. Next stop was Cummins Falls State Park which was only 15 minutes away by car. Weather today was nearly perfect – sunny and about 60 degrees, which felt like summer compared to what I left in Wisconsin. I started by hiking the Upstream … Read more
A few months back, I started chatting online & made friends with a fellow hiker/traveler who lived in Tennessee (totally not a murderer, more on that later). I had some vacation time to burn so I booked a last-minute trip and visited the Volunteer State in mid-November hoping to catch the last falls colors. Ended … Read more
Not sure I’ve mentioned this but waterfalls are pretty cool. The area around north central Wisconsin has plenty of them too. Next stop was the Dells of the Eau Claire River State Natural Area in Aniwa, WI (near Wausau). I didn’t know much about this location before visiting, but glad I stopped here. I parked … Read more
More heavy rains overnight continued the cold, wet conditions. But if I let a little rain stop me nothing would get done. So I pressed on and visited another small waterfall Rib Falls near Wausau, WI. Falls can be accessed from the adjacent Rib Falls County Park and is a very short hike but somewhat difficult … Read more
Decided to keep chasing waterfalls (no, I’m not doing that intentionally). Next stop was Grandfather Falls in Merrill, WI. Like many of the other state parks and popular destinations, this site also crosses with the Ice Age Trail – something I would like to section hike but that’s far in the future. The falls are … Read more
Continuing my rainy & cold fall trip, I detoured again for another side quest to visit Wisconsin waterfalls and located Spirit Falls in Tomahawk, WI. Falls are very easy to access – basically park at the nearby bar and walk 2 minutes to the Spirit River. Water is moving quite fast and seems relatively deep … Read more
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I’ve been quite distracted with life & other adventures this past month. Since I’m stuffed with turkey and cannot move much, figured now is a good time for catch-up on my posting backlog. Stay tuned, I have about 20 new places to share in the pipeline! Back to this post originally from … Read more