http://www.scenicexplorer.com Exploring the Outdoors Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:36:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These photos are from my trip to the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo Wisconsin. I visited there in July of this year while enroute from Denver to Milwaukee. Its a great place as it has many nice nature trails and a well done habitat for the cranes. One of the ... http://www.scenicexplorer.com/2008/11/19/monarch-exploring-flowers/ I caught my first sunrise over Lake Michigan back in September and am just getting around to posting it. It was quite a nice morning with a cool breeze coming off the lake. I tried to catch the birds flying in front of the sun, but it was hard for ... http://www.scenicexplorer.com/2008/11/16/milwaukee-sunrise/ These are not from the elk rut event mentioned in the last post, but are from a week or two before after hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. I took these from my car on the side of the road as the elk was about 20-30 feet away. http://www.scenicexplorer.com/2008/11/16/elk-in-rmnp/ I've been taking some time over the last few weeks to go through the thousands of photos I have collected from my 13-months in Colorado. I'm only at early fall so far and thought I'd share a few of the fall color photos that didn't make it into earlier posts. ... http://www.scenicexplorer.com/2008/11/16/colorado-colors/ I went for a walk in Wehr Nature Center over the weekend and noticed quite a few downys enjoying the warm autumn morning. Luckily, I was able to get several very good photos of them. They are usually very active, quick, and hard to get a good photo of, so ... http://www.scenicexplorer.com/2008/11/03/wisconsin-downys/ After hiking at High Cliff State Park, I took a ride into Appleton, WI. I've met two people from Appleton over the last 30 or so years, so figured I'd check it out since I was so close. It turns out its a pretty neat little town. It has the ... http://www.scenicexplorer.com/2008/10/18/lawrence-university-appleton-wi/ I took my first road trip this morning to High Cliff State Park, which is on the shores of Lake Winnebago - the largest lake in Wisconsin. I started the morning by heading out on the Lime Kiln Trail just as the sun was rising. As the forest was beginning ... http://www.scenicexplorer.com/2008/10/18/high-cliff-state-park/ I've been speding a lot of time at the Wehr Nature Center in Whitnal Park over the last few months. One particular place I frequent is the waterfall at the north end of Mallard Lake (also called Whitnal Lake). I've been working on the technical aspects of making the water ... http://www.scenicexplorer.com/2008/10/16/wehr-nature-center/ After several attempts at new versions of the site, I've decided to return to the original. I've restored most, if not all, of the content. Though, a few images may be misplaced yet. I noticed some posts showing up in the stats area that don't lead to the post they ... http://www.scenicexplorer.com/2008/10/15/scenic-explorer-reloaded/ It has been about a year since I started this site as a record of my adventures in Colorado. Now that I'm in Wisconsin for a year and my photography skills have grown, its time to make a few changes. With that in mind, I'm going to be taking a ... http://www.scenicexplorer.com/2008/09/05/autumn-break/