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.
Located about 40 miles southwest of Madison, Yellowstone Lake State Park has some scenic vistas, good hiking trails, and a very nice campground.
While hiking along the aptly named Wildlife Loop Trail, I saw a lot of water fowl, including blue herons, and what I think were trumpeter swans.
I did see about a dozen of the the large, white birds. I was fortunate to catch two swans in flight above another one wading in the lake.
What a nice park! And only about 45 minutes away from home. I’m definitely coming back.
Looks like a beautiful lake to visit. I didn’t know it existed. Great pictures!
Sounds like a neat park. It certainly was new to me. Again,like always when you go somewhere the photos you take and share, are great. The weather today makes one wish to get outside – for a walk if nothing else.
Hi…My husband and I did a road trip down the western side of Wisconsin in autumn ’08. I am just now getting around to posting them on Fotki. I like to label them so people know what they are viewing. Well, I wasn’t sure of a certain lake, so I did a search. Your wonderful photos was part of that search, and the first one above showed me it was Yellowstone Lake that I had taken. We experienced many rainy days on our trip so I know how hard(at least for me)it is to take ‘wet’ photos. Thanks for sharing your great photos! Shirley from Michigan
Thanks for the comment Shirley. Glad I was able to help get your photo labeled. I take a lot of pictures, it’s tough when you don’t always label things right away. I’ve been trying to make myself do a better job with that, but it doesn’t always happen. 🙂