2013 River to Road Triathlon Boscobel

Carex davisii, Sauk County WI, July 2014. Common on my family's land near Sauk City.

Bridgeport Wisconsin has a really cool boat landing with a view.

They like to name the rock formations, because normal people aren't interested in just plain Potsdam sandstone. This one really does look like a toppled grand piano.

Water runs over the boulders at the Dells of the Eau Claire just east of Wausau, Wisconsin.

View from Ferry Bluff on the Wisconsin River.

Wisconsin River, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin

The ColSac III ferry crosses the Wisconsin River between Sauk ("Sack") and Columbia Counties--hence the name of the ferry.

A ferry has been crossing the river here since about 1848. Since 1923, Sauk and Columbia counties have maintained it. It is the last free ferry within the State of Wisconsin.

Historic marker:

www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/5908212673/in/photostream

2013 River to Road Triathlon Boscobel

State natural area on the Wisconsin River south of Sauk City

2013 River to Road Triathlon Boscobel

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Prairie du Sac, WI

Below Ferry Bluff, along the Wisconsin River at sunset. Waiting for the full moon to show up.

Thanks to photo contest winner Jacki Nalbach for the photo!

The Wisconsin River is the hardest working river in the nation. form its headwaters on the Wisconsin-Michigan border, it falls more than 1,000 feet on its 500-mile journey through the state before emptying into the Mississippi River in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_River_(Wisconsin)

www.foxrivercleanup.com/

The fogbound Wisconsin River Valley.

Solidago speciosa, growing along the Wisconsin River on the property owned by Aldo Leopold, made famous in his book A Sand County Almanac. If you've never read it I highly recommend, it's a classic.

I think I like ducks...