A Bloy and his Blog

I just returned from a camping trip, where I stayed at Perrot State Park.

The park is located along the Mississippi River, about 15 miles northwest of La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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While I was in Washington DC for the Computers in Libraries conference, I took a couple vacation days to see some of the sights.

Unfortunately, the cherry blossoms peaked about a week before I was there.

read the rest of: Photos from Washington DC

A pretty big winter storm has been hitting the upper great lakes region this weekend.

As Henry David Thoreau wrote, “The Great Snow! How cheerful it is to hear of!”
– from Walden, Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors.

After I was whining about a lack of winter weather earlier this month, it has been very wintry here over the past week or so. We’ve had a couple of snowstorms and typically cold temperatures.

This was the scene outside my door this morning.

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It was a great day for a hike yesterday, so I did a little exploring and headed to New Glarus Woods State Park.

read the rest of: November hike

Taken at the Arboretum yesterday.

Despite the threat of rain, I decided to do some exploring today and visit a park I’ve never been to before, Yellowstone Lake State Park.

read the rest of: Yellowstone Lake State Park