Archive for the 'Landscape' tag

Camping along the Mississippi

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007

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

Trempealeau Mountain, Perrot State Park

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

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Photos from Washington DC

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

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

Jefferson Memorial

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

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The great snow

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

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

pine tree in a snow storm

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

Sunday snowstorm

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

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.

snow scene

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November hike

Monday, November 6th, 2006

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

Prairie at New Glarus Woods

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Autumn pond

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Pond in the Arboretum

Taken at the Arboretum yesterday.

Yellowstone Lake State Park

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

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.

Yellowstone Lake

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