McLain State Park
Going North towards the tip of of the UP, I stopped at McLain State Park to visit the scenery and the lighthouse there.
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Twin Lakes State Park
Driving through Michigan, I stopped by Twin Lakes State Park, a small park along MI-26. The lakeshore was lovely:
As were some of the bays: (...)
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 (...)
Best Places to find free stock photos
Even though I run a free stock photo site, I do use other resources a lot. This site is specialized and focuses on detailed photo documentation of specific places within a state or country listed by location and animals and plants by species. But since its impossible for me to travel to everywhere in the world, sometimes I have to use photos from other places. Here are the best places I've found to get photos.
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 (...)
