Showing posts with label Wisconsin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wisconsin. Show all posts

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

We visited the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in northern Wisconsin because we came in prior to the start of the tourist season so we took the boat tour around the islands. It was an interesting way to explore but as much as we enjoyed the boat ride, I think we will plan on exploring via hiking and kayaking in the future. I could definitely see snowshoeing in the winter here. In fact, we've agreed it might be better to experience the park in the winter. This lakeshore is added to our list of return spots and we highly recommend trying it out.

***This was an umplanned stop, I would recommend taking a taxi to the islands and exploring them on foot and camping on the islands.***

We took the Grand Tour with Apostle Island Cruises, for the three of us it was under $70. A2 was a discounted rate of $1.00. Overall, more than fair, the staff on the boat was great but it was difficult at times to hear due to the wind. I would rate the tour, for what it is an 8/10.




It's amazing how life can grow from what seems like nothing.



Devil's Island, I would love to snowshoe and kayak here in the coming years. 



Evil spirits or erosion? A1 and I have differing views.




A little bit of winter lingering behind. 



Lighthouses.


Family picture at the end of the day.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Wisconsin- Amnicon Falls State Park


If anyone has a chance to visit Amnicon Falls State Park in Wisconsin, I would take the chance. The girls spent the morning exploring and enjoying the ecology. Wisconsin State Parks offer a Junior Ranger program but the girls rejected the program and spent the day hiking and finding their own trails. A2 slipped while hiking and wound up with a large bruise and scrape on her thigh which took a few weeks to heal. She loves her farm skirt though, haha.

While hiking we found a tic- tac- toe board carved into a stump and played for a while. Funny enough, the part of the trip my kids disliked the least were the falls. 









Tic tac toe treasures.