Kettle Moraine State Park, Wisconsin
I’ve been in Wisconsin for aboot a month, and I think I know which geographic area that it resembles. Mostly flat areas with occassional hills. Calm cool streams flowing through tall grass prairies, surrounded by densely wooded areas. It isn’t like anything in the United States, but then it hit me. It bears a striking resemblence to Southern Germany… which is probably why the area was populated by Germans beginning 150 years ago. I’ve been exploring the area now that it’s just the mighty squirrel hunter and me. We spent a day driving down by the lakefront, and the next day hiking at Kettle Moraine State Park. Kettle Moraine State Park was formed by a receding glacier. In its place is left rolling hills, streams, prairies...
The Road Home
I drove out to Jackson Hole directly, in one very long day. I thought the experience would be akin to ripping off the band-aid. Getting out of Dodge and quickly beginning my vacation. I wanted to take my time driving back, exploring places and meeting people. Day 1 I left Jackson early on Thursday morning, intending on spending a little time driving through Grand Teton and Yellowstone. I was not disappointed. Yellowstone had received more snow on the southern road, and the scenery was magical. There is this long stretch of unbending road in southern Yellowstone that I captured. I could have parked my car in the middle of the highway as the traffic was that infrequent. It was questionable whether this road would be open. Yellowstone received...