Bean & Bear with my bestie!
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Wooden staircase leads down through sandy dunes and sparse trees at Indiana Dunes National Park, with Lake Michigan and the distant Chicago skyline visible under a clear blue sky. The winding boardwalk blends into the natural landscape of rolling hills and greenery.
📍 Dune Succession Trail, Indiana Dunes National Park
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Yesterday's hike with the pups, at Waterfall Glen, in Lemont, IL.
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My kiddo exploring the caves at Maquoketa State Park in Iowa.
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Sitting in a cave, under a frozen waterfall at Kaskaskia Canyon, Starved Rock State Park.
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A fine layer of fog hovers over a snow covered patch of brush and bare trees in the winter.
A silhouette of a oak tree on a foggy winter morning.
A foggy cold morning on a snow covered trail across a meadow. A trail marker stands alone in the distance.
Along a snow covered trail stands a large oak tree with no leaves and bench for resting on.
A #Monochrome morning in 2020, breaking trail in the fog and frost.
#IceAgeTrail - Eagle and Stoney Ridge Segments in Wisconsin.
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A field of dried flowers covered in spikey frost silhouetted against a golden sunrise.
I'm not venturing outside in the cold today, but here's a frosty picture from a 20 mile loop I did around Devil's Lake on the #IceAgeTrail in 2020.
Ice Age Trail
Merrimac, WI
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Large roadside sculpture of a turkey.
Large roadside sculpture of a loon.
Large wooden sculpture of a troll reclining against a tree.
In 2024 I hiked 269 new, unique miles of the North Country Trail. Including two big trips to western Minnesota (+.5 miles of ND). Quite a few road/bike trail miles, but also really nice nature sections and more big sculptures than you would expect.
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From the archives:
Ice Age Trail section hike 2
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I love this patch of pines on the Greenbush Segment. It's not very big, but when the snow melts, the moss covered ground is like velvet.
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Ice Age Trail
Glenbuelah, WI
February 2020
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