Blue Mounds State Park

Beautiful morning! This state park is sort of different because they actually have a bison herd grazing on this chunk of protected prairie. We saw them off in a corner of the fenced in range.

On the way out we stopped at the other end of the park for a short hike. This area was home to the plains Indians, and they left this very long rock alignment (in the ground) that aligns with the sunrise and sunset locations at the equinox. (Who really knows?). Anyway the hike took me by an older quartz quarry, the stone is a thousand shades of red and very hard! This hike use up a little bit so the views were awesome. Lots of sunshine, and a great breeze! Charlie joined me while Tom worked on our screen door which isn't latching properly...Read more