back to Baraboo

Last weekend was cold in Madison. One night, the temp dropped down to freezing, so I panicked that our fall days were numbered and rushed out to buy a winter coat. Turns out that's a surefire way to get a weekend of great weather - this weekend is gorgeous! Yesterday was just like summer - sunshine and 80 degrees.

To take advantage of the perfect weather, we drove back up to Baraboo. I posted about our last trip to Baraboo here. There's actually a lot to do in Baraboo, but I'll post more about that later. This post is about our Saturday destination, Devil's Lake State Park.

The lake was created by a glacier during the last Ice Age. Surrounding the lake are 500 foot bluffs that make for great hiking trails.

Here's the view going up the east bluff on the CCC trail.

Here we are posing for pictures on the way up - it's a really fun, rocky trail!

Almost to the top, we bumped into a bunch of rock climbers. They were everywhere!

In fact there were people everywhere. We weren't the only folks with the bright idea to go outside yesterday. The first entrance to the park was full and we had to wait in line about 20 minutes to get in!

So, back to the hike. When we got to the top we were rewarded with expansive views of the lake and the Baraboo bluffs.

A little side note about the trail we selected at Devil's Lake: it happens to be a part of the Ice Age trail - a 1000 miles of trail that weaves all through the state of Wisconsin highlighting landscape features created during the glacial age.

On the way down, we saw the balanced rock.

And that got us to talking other balanced rocks we've seen.

That's Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs on the left, and Bar Harbor, Maine on the bottom. Are there other balanced rocks out there we haven't visited yet? 'Cause we feel like they're everywhere!