Videos
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Video of Buckhorn State Park Campsites 20-45 – Necedah, Wisconsin
©2010 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLCBuckhorn State Park was designated a park in 1971. This video includes campsites 20-45. Music downloaded from Garageband.com. Slide show and photographs copyright 2010, Creative Juice LLC.
Camping at Buckhorn State Park
Self-guiding canoe trail at Buckhorn State Park
Weather forecast for Necedah, Wisconsin vicinity
Blog entries for Buckhorn State Park
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Video of Fallison Lake Trail, Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest – Boulder Junction, Wisconsin
©2010 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLC
The Fallison Lake Nature Trail is a 2.5 mile loop through a landscape formed by the last ice age. Along the trail you will see a mixed forest of sugar maples, white pine, balsam, birch and aspen. Beaver can be seen along the shore or in the adjacant bogs. The forest is alive with the distinctive sounds of the Ovenbird, Loon, and Black-throated Green Warbler. Photographs and slideshow copyright 2010, Creative Juice LLC.Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest
Maps of the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest
Blog entries for Fallison Lake, Northern Highland-American Legions State Forest
Blog entries for the Northern Highland-American Legions State Forest
Weather forecast for Boulder Junction, Wisconsin vicinity
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Video of John Muir Memorial Park, Town of Buffalo in Marquette County, Wisconsin
Photographs and slideshow copyright 2010, Creative Juice LLCFrom Wisconsin Historical Marker: John Muir View
“John Muir (1838-1914), world-famous naturalist and father of the national park system, often stopped to rest and admire this view as he walked from his home in Marquette County to the University of Wisconsin. Muir loved the wilderness from which his parents carved a farm and home, first at Fountain Lake, later at Hickory Hill, about twenty miles north from here (south of Montello). When he left Hickory Hill to enroll at the University, Muir’s love for nature was matched only by his genius for mechanical contrivances varying from a device to feed the horses at any designated hour to an early rising machine which tipped the occupant out of bed at a pre-set time. After four years in Madison, Muir left one University for another, the Wisconsin University for the University of the Wilderness.” Music by Paul Ehlers, Maury Smith, Evan Wanserski and Malignant Choir.
John Muir Memorial ParkJohn Muir: a brief biography (Sierra Club entry)
Marquette County segment of the Ice Age Trail
Weather forecast for John Muir Memorial Park vicinity
Blog entries for John Muir Memorial Park
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
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Video of Amnicon Falls State Park – Superior, Wisconsin
©2009 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLC
This 825 acre park near Superior, Wisconsin has a number of beautiful waterfalls and cascades along the Amnicon River. A half billion years ago earthquakes along the Douglas Fault caused lava flows across the region. Ancient seas deposited sandstone over the underlying lava before the earthquakes. Since the last glaciers past here the sandstone has been eroding down to the basalt bedrock. The result along the Douglas Fault line has been a series of waterfalls that are the main features of the park. A small brownstone quarry in the park operated for about 20 years in the 1880s. Trout, walleye and smelt travel up the Amnicon River in the spring to spawn. Coho and Chinook salmon spawn during the fall. There are 36 primitive campsites with no showers. About 1.8 miles of trails cover both sides of the river and cross through a picturesque covered bridge. Music downloaded from Garageband.com. Other music by Malignant Choir and Paul Ehlers c 2009. Slideshow and photographs copyright 2009 Creative Juice LLC.Map of Amnicon Falls State Park
Camping at Amnicon Falls State Park
Weather forecast for Amnicon Falls State Park vicinity
Blog entries for Amnicon Falls State Park
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Video of Amnicon Falls State Park and Campground – Superior, Wisconsin
©2009 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLC
This 825 acre park near Superior, Wisconsin has a number of beautiful waterfalls and cascades along the Amnicon River. There are 36 primitive campsites with no showers. This video includes all 36 campsites. About 1.8 miles of trails cover both sides of the river and cross through a picturesque covered bridge. Music by Malignant Choir, Paul Ehlers c 2009 and Maury Smith c2008. Slideshow and photographs copyright 2009 Creative Juice LLC.Map of Amnicon Falls State Park
Camping at Amnicon Falls State Park
Weather forecast for Amnicon Falls State Park vicinity
Blog entries for Amnicon Falls State Park
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Video of the Red Beds Trail – Devil’s Tower National Monument, Wyoming
Devil’s Tower, elevation 5,117 ft., rises 1,267 ft. above the Belle Fourche River. Col. Richard I. Dodge, who commanded a military escort for the USGS in 1875, is credited with naming this steep-sided mass of igneous rock, Devil’s Tower. One popular theory for the Tower’s origin suggests that it is the result of volcanic activity some 50 million years ago. A mass of molten rock traveled up to the top of the earth and formed an inverted cone structure. As it cooled, it fractured, creating the Tower’s prominent polygonal columns. The site was and is a sacred inspirational location for many Native Americans. According to the National Park Service, over twenty tribes have potential cultural affiliation with Devil’s Tower National Monument. They call it Bear Lodge, Bear’s Tipi, Ghost Mountain and a dozen other names that best suit their legends. Native Americans use the site for personal rituals, sweatlodge ceremonies, vision quests, and the Sun Dance. President Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed the Tower the nation’s first National Monument in 1906. The 8 miles of hiking trails are worth every step. The Red Beds Trail passes through a surprising variety of picturesque terrains. The Belle Fourche Campground has 40 sites without showers or RV hookups. Music downloaded from Garageband.com. Native American drumming and singing recorded live at the Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Treaty Rights – Bayfield, Wisconsin, July 2, 2009. Slideshow and photographs copyright 2009 by Creative Juice LLC.
Devil’s Tower National Monument
Belle Fourche Campground, Devil’s Tower National Mounument
Blog entries for Devil’s Tower National Monument
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Video of Belle Fourche Campground – Devil’s Tower National Monument, Wyoming
Devil’s Tower, elevation 5,117 ft., rises 1,267 ft. above the Belle Fourche River. Col. Richard I. Dodge, who commanded a military escort for the USGS in 1875, is credited with naming this steep-sided mass of igneous rock, Devil’s Tower. The site was and is a sacred inspirational location for many Native Americans. President Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed the Tower the nation’s first National Monument in 1906. The 8 miles of hiking trails are worth every step. The Belle Fourche Campground has 40 sites without showers or RV hookups. This video includes all campsites in Loop B. Music by Malignant Choir, Maury Smith coypright 2008, Paul Ehlers copyright 2009. Drumming and singing recorded live at the Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Treaty Rights – Bayfield, Wisconsin, July 2, 2009. Slideshow and photographs copyright 2009 by Creative Juice LLC.
Devil’s Tower National Monument
Belle Fourche Campground, Devil’s Tower National Mounument
Blog entries for Devil’s Tower National Monument
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Video of Rib Mountain State Park – Wausau, Wisconsin
Rib Mountain rises 650 feet above the central Wisconsin flatlands. At 1,924 feet, Rib Mountain is Wisconsin’s third highest point (Timm’s Hill is the highest point, 1,951 ft.). The 1,460 acre park covers much of a monadnock (an isolated hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding plain) formed out of 1.7 billion year old metamorphic quartzite rock The Chippewa Indians called it O-pic-wun-a-se-be. The first part of the word means rib. In the 1890s the rock was mined to make sandpaper. The area became a park in 1927. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built trails, a campground and gazebo in the 1930s. The downhill ski runs also opened in the 1930s. There are 30 campsites and showers. Music copyright 2009, Paul Ehlers. Photographs and Slideshow copyright 2009, Creative Juice LLC.
Camping at Rib Mountain State Park (Friends of Rib Mountain State Park website)
Blog entries for Rib Mountain State Park
