The uneasy sleeping nights are finally catching up to me I think. I typically wake up at least 3 times a every night and have been tossing and turning a lot lately. Normally I lay still. Maybe I am uncomfortable? Restless? Missing home is getting to me? Not sure, but needless to say today I was honestly rather tired. A good 15-20min hike at the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest honestly did me in today. I was constantly swatting at mosquitoes and of course I came back with plenty of pictures.
Originally I went out to Chequamegon to hike the Franklin Nature Trail but since I could not find it I hiked a little bit on the Shay trail, which honestly was decently boring. So due to loss of enthusiasm I spent a good portion of my time out there driving to different locations throughout the National Forest taking pictures of anything I saw; lakes, water holes, birds, etc. I saw plenty of beautiful scenery but overall it honestly reminded me of Southeastern Ohio more then anything....so of course the nostalgia started to really get to me again. In short, I did not entirely have a good time today. The nostalgia made the whole adventure a turn off but at least the pictures turned out mostly good. This makes things better.
After taking all the pictures you will see below, I returned to Minocqua and actually ended up getting some ice cream at "Soap 'n Suds/What's the Scoop?". A laundry mat/ice cream place where I do my laundry and also will now go for ice cream. I then returned back to the center and found out I was not the only one was tired, and began typing this up. However was stopped to finally say goodbye to one of the two spring interns. Her internship was up and she was going to another place for an internship. Sad day it is but I am sure she will be fine and I hope she knows I am very thankful for all that she did to help me get to where I am now! It has only been 2 weeks and a few days but honestly everyone I have met so far is a good friend in my eyes! :)
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| Every road in Wisconsin seems to look like this :) |
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| Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
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| Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
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| Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
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| Why it's called Bloodroot. |
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| Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) |
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| Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
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| American Toad (Bufo americanus) |
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| American Toad (Bufo americanus) |
Will update with more pictures later. In the mean time we fed baby raccoons (7) and are waiting for a Bald Eagle to come in that was injured.
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