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Hiking Blue Mound State Park in Wisconsin

I have come up with two new themes for my blog, Adventure Tuesday, and Flashback Friday. I have so many pictures I have yet to share with the rest of the world, so I figured that these two themes could be a nice addon to my blogging. I hope you enjoy. Here is the first Adventure Tuesday post.

Blue Mound State Park

A couple of weeks ago W and I went to one of many many State Parks here i Wisconsin. To enter a State Park you have to purchase an admission ticket, a sticker you put on the car. Annual admission sticker is 15.50$ compared to the daily which is 8$. Compared to the BLM land in Alaska these trails in the state parks here in Wisconsin (and probably elsewhere too) are highly maintained, and some of them even has asphalt on the actual trail. Going uphill is no problem because there are stairs put in, almost a little bit ridiculous coming from Alaska but it's very pretty.

The forest here is so green, and lush. It definitely looks like a rainforest.

Blue Mound State Park

At the Blue Mound State Park the main goal for us was to see some views. There are two different towers you can climb up for some views.

Again, showing how green it is here.

As always I love taking macro photos. There are some many plants here. I really need to read up on the vegetation here. Are you familiar with the plants where you live? What State Parks do you have in close proximity to where you live?

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Posted on July 26, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Wisconsin, Adventure Tuesday, Nature, Photography and tagged State Park Blue Mound State Park Blue Mound Wisconsin green lush flowers plants Summer Adventures summer days Summer Adventure Vegetation vandra hiking Hikes Summertime 2016.

July brings Summer Birthdays

July 13th

Many of my friends have their birthday in July. Three of my closest friends do, and W too of course, even W's brother! This year I celebrated my birthday alone, W is in Yellowstone and I am solo at the house, well I do have the kitty cats. I don't envy him for being in Yellowstone with all the crazy tourist, have you seen all that has happened there lately?

Birthdays are a bit overrated though, I mean every day we are one day older than the day before. Either way, me and W will go out for a nice dinner somewhere when he gets back.

Alaska

I have spent many of my birthdays in the field in Alaska, couldn't ask for anything better :) I love being out in the field, out in the boreal forest, in the middle of nowhere (well almost) and that is something I really really miss.

Madison

Here in Madison, instead of a stroll through the forest I now go for walks through the neighborhoods. Instead of berries and fireweed I am watching all the magnificent gardens. We have sunsets here too, but it's hard to find them, because they disappear as soon as they appear and most of the time there is a house or two that blocks the view.

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Alaska, Madison Life, Photography, Wisconsin and tagged Alaska Birthday cats Tycho_the_earless_cat houses citylife urban garden Madison Wisconsin 2016 Sunset.

Evening stroll through the neighborhood

The other day a friend invited me over to her place for a potluck. I decided to walk since the day had been so warm and sunny. On the way back I walked into the forest and took a detour. It struck me how long ago I had been in there, I usually tend to ski every day to and from work, but this season has been very different. The light was just perfect (9.30pm) and I managed to snap quite a few good pictures with my phone.

Häromdagen blev jag bortbjuden på en så kallad potluck hemma hos en kompis. Vädret hade varit så himla fint hela dagen så jag bestämde mig för att gå dit. På vägen hem så tog jag en tur genom skogen, och jag insåg hur länge sedan jag varit där, och hur mycket jag saknat det. Ljuset var som helt perfekt runt 21.30, och jag lyckades ta några fina bilder med telefonen.