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Hi Everyone,

 

I needed to be in Montana and had a free weekend afterward.  I added a few days to it and decided to spend all days in Yellowstone National Park.  It is long overdue and planned many times before.  It is always out of the way from where usually vacation and used to live.  But now that I live in Illinois, it is a short flight from Chicago O’Hare.

 

First thing to say about the park.  It is absolutely stunning.  I am a big fan of volcanic activity as you may he deduced from prior blogs.  Well, Yellowstone is the world’s largest Super Volcano.  I love mud pools and geysers and so I had to go.  I stayed in the town of Gardiner, right at the North Entrance and right there at the Mammoth Hot Springs.  Here are a few pictures of the Mammoth Hot Springs:

 

 

 

Also, panorama shots worked very well here to capture the vast scenery:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I will follow this blog entry with other ones, focussing on several volcanic areas and beautiful Falls that I visited.

 

 

Enjoy,

 

Johan.

 

 

 

Hi Everyone,

 

It is full summer and wonderful get out and about to explore where I live.  I had a wonderful friend visiting me on the July 4th weekend and together we explored various areas around here.  In particular, we visited the Wisconsin Dells which is a very special natural spot.  Beautiful lakes and rivers and walking paths with many rock formations.

 

The location is an hour or so north of Madison.  Easy ride to get there:  https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wisconsin+Dells,+WI/@43.5891856,-89.7768002,11.38z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8807493e07cb769d:0x4acd26cd280b3378!8m2!3d43.6274794!4d-89.7709579?hl=en

 

The town is very cute with lots of fun stuff to do.  It is the water slide capital of the world (well US, at least).  There is lots of fun shopping (no chain stores) and nice restaurants.  Perfect for the family.

 

Here are some photos of what it looked like during a boat tour on the Wisconsin River.  It is fun as you get out on islands but also at the Witches Gulch, which is like a pathway through eroded rock.  The first 3 of the 4 last photos show the path.  Very cool.

 

 

 

 

Also, we went to see a baseball game with July 4th fireworks and explored Kenosha lake front as well as the North Dunes Nature Preserve in Northern Illinois, right on Lake Michigan.