Took a drive down to 1000 Islands Environmental Center today. Found this Pelican floating all by himself. You could see tons of them flying high above.

The Fox River is flowing really good after all the recent rain we had.

Took a ride up to High Cliff State Park today. On the way, I could see roughly 7 HUGE birds, all sitting in a dead tree off the side of the road. I finally brought my zoom lens along with me to take some photos. The cool part, they started to circle me one at a time. This was the first time I’ve actually seen them. Very cool!

April Showers Brings MAY flowers!

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Following is taken from Wikipedia:

The stadium’s nickname was spawned by the Ice Bowl between the Packers and the Dallas Cowboys, played on December 31, 1967. The game was played in temperatures of –15°F (–26°C) with sharp winds. Journalist Tex Maule, associated Lambeau Field with the term tundra in his article summarizing the game in Sports Illustrated.

Lambeau Field is alleged to have gotten its nickname, The Frozen Tundra, from The Greatest Challenge, the Packers’ authorized version of the highlight film written by Steve Sabol.[20] In the Cowboys’ authorized version of the highlight film, A Chilling Championship, also written by Sabol, Bill Woodson used the term the Frozen Tundra, when narrating the film to describe Lambeau Field.[21][22][20] Prior to the 1967 season, an underground electric heating system had been installed but it was not able to counter the effects of the cold front that hit Green Bay at the onset of the Ice Bowl. The field had been covered overnight with the heater on but when the cover was removed in the sub-zero cold the moisture atop the grass flash-froze.

The underground heating and drainage system was redone in 1997, with a system of pipes filled with a solution including antifreeze replacing the electric coils. After the 2006 season, the surface, heating, and drainage system was replaced. The new grass surface has synthetic fibers woven into the sod.[24] Even the new video boards, installed in 2004, have been influenced by the field’s nickname, being called “Tundra Vision”. These video displays, installed by Daktronics out of Brookings, South Dakota, measure more than 25 feet (7.6 m) high by 46 feet (14 m) wide.[25] An artificial lighting system, based on technology used in Dutch rose-growing greenhouses, was tested in 2010 and purchased for use in the 2011 season. It operates 24 hours a day from October to early December to extend the growing season for the field’s grass. The system is also used in some soccer stadiums where shade from stands and partial roofs are a problem for the turf, not the cold and short growing season found in Green Bay.

A beautiful 1956 Chevy Bel Air entering the Symco Shakedown Car show grounds.

The Red Mill is located on the Crystal River. This property is beautiful all year round, and also makes a lovely setting for weddings.