Our first hike of the trip was the 2 mile Eagle Trail. I really wanted to do this one in particular because of some of the pictures I'd seen online. They had shown that it had a lot of different interesting features. What I didn't pay any attention do was the difficulty. Difficulty isn't something… Continue reading Eagle Trail Hike
Tag: Wisconsin
Northern End Of Door County Peninsula
These were all taken from the boat launch spot we found for our first night of star viewing. It is one of the very few spots we found that didn't already have at least a half a dozen people hanging out, but it is obvious that others had been there before us. We really found… Continue reading Northern End Of Door County Peninsula
Newport State Park, Wisconsin
Our last day in Wisconsin was crazy busy and really had three distinct pieces. Two different hikes and then the star viewing. The two separate hikes we went on ended up being over 7 miles in total, the second hike being the bulk of that mileage. Considering I'm not overly active, that was nearly miraculous.… Continue reading Newport State Park, Wisconsin
Dark Sky Viewing: Stars And The Milky Way
We had several goals for our trip to Wisconsin. Take a couple of hikes. Scout locations for both sunrise and sunset photos since we were on the peninsula and could easily get both. See the stars under a seriously dark sky. My part was seeing if I could pull off taking pictures of those stars.… Continue reading Dark Sky Viewing: Stars And The Milky Way