Porcupine Mountains State Park
Went to Porcupine mountains State Park today, a huge 50,000 acre+ park in the UP. Beautiful scenery and lake views:
Lake Superior at Porcupine Mountains State Park is still iced over in May.
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Governor Thompson and Copper Culture State Parks
During my way up and back from Michigan , I passed and visited both Governor Thompson State Park and Copper Culture State Park (...)
Rib Mountain, Council Grounds, and the Upper Peninsula
Decided to take a photo trip to the Upper Peninsula in Michigan for some photography. It was raining while I was driving through central and Northern Wisconsin and visited Rib Mountain State Park and Council Grounds State Park (...)
Sangchris Lake State Park
Stopped by Sangchris Lake State Park on the way back to Madison from St. Louis. Its a nice recreation area with some decent trails and many good fishing spots. Its best to stop at sunset for photographs, but I was there in the early afternoon. The lake was still pretty though.
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Haiti
I went on a mission trip to Haiti. I wasn't the designated Camera Man, but I still got some good pictures. Where were working at a church near Pignon with kids that had pretty much nothing. Teaching them computer basics was my job. It was a great experience. These are some scenic pictures near Port-Au-Prince and Pignon.
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Devil's Lake Winter
Today was my first(and perhaps last) winter hiking this year. I went to the best place I could think of nearby, Devil's Lake State Park , the only significant uphill hiking terrain in the area. It was much harder than I thought and we had to go off-trail a few times because the steps were way too icy. But it was very pretty.
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Taum Sauk Mountain
Continuing with my quest to reach the high point in all fifty states, I came to Taum Sauk Mountain (...)
Mount Magazine
On my way back from Big Bend, I decided to continue my goal of getting to the highest point in each of the 50 states. I therefore, visited Mount Magazine State Park to check Arkansas off the list. I arrived in late afternoon so the view was pretty good, especially this of the fading sun:
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Big Bend National Park II
The next few days at Big Bend were all spent hiking the wonderful Chisos Mountains, mostly on the Emory Peak trail and the Lost Mine peak trail. The top of Emory was great:
Of course there is an elevation marker at the tip:
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Big Bend National Park Part I
Finally on the texas trip I arrived at Big Bend National Park, a remote national park on the border of Texas and Mexico that is 4 hours for any major city. No major highway runs close to the park so its about a 90 minute drive to reach the interstate from here. This is beautiful desert wilderness with mountains. (...)
