Archive for May, 2009

Skillet Creek – Baraboo, Wisconsin.

Well, it’s Tuesday and the holiday is over. Alright everybody, back on your heads!!! It’s cloudy and raining outside as I write this.. (4:30am Tuesday).  I hope you had a great weekend.  I’ve read all over that businesses were crazy all weekend but to be honest it seemed a bit more quiet than usual to me.  Of course we spent a lot of time in the woods!  On Saturday we chased down the fabled “Skillet Falls”.

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My first impression upon returning to Parfrey’s Glen Natural Area since it was closed last year due to flood damage was one of complete shock. It has been totally re-sculpted by the hand of nature. Even the stream that meanders through the glen jumped it’s bed at one point creating a completely new path. There is no kidding ourselves that the Glen will ever look anything like we remembered it. It is an all new experience. What’s more, I’m a bit suprised that the powers -that-be decided to open it up to the public and here’s why… Read the rest of this entry »

Parfrey’s Glen To Re-Open Today.

As teenagers my friends and I took a super 8 video camera into Parfrey’s Glen to record our best spin at Monty Python humor. The glen was a perfect set, offering that amazingly over-the-top, Terry Gilliam like background that somehow made the silliness of what we were doing there seem even more bizarre. It’s hard to image there were many other kids in the Baraboo area at that time having a laugh riffing on the life and times of Norman Carter Fassett. Read the rest of this entry »

Common Garter Snake on Steinke Basin Trail

Yup, it’s that time of year. The snakes are out.  Now, most people prefer not to see snakes at the park. Most never will.  They need not worry. The snakes at Devil’s Lake State Park are pretty much harmless save one, the Timber Rattler.  We regularly hear from people who fear meeting one at the park.  Honestly, the odds of an average visitor actually seeing a Timber Rattler at Devil’s Lake State Park is astronomical. They are there, but not usually where the crowds are.

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Call it a sign of the times.. You might think I’m late to Twitter… but that’s not the problem.  No, it’s finding out that sometimes you need different Twitter accounts for different reasons… So here’s the new http://twitter.com/DevilsLake.  Just set up in the last hour.  If you’re a twitter type feel free to follow along.  I’ll be using this account not just for Devil’s Lake information but for general travel & local information for the area including Wisconsin Dells.. (with an outdoor spin of course) and yes, I may get off the wall occasionally but I won’t tell you what I had for lunch… well, unless it was made on an MSR cookstove.