The Gnomes of Little Norway

Upper Dells boat tour...

Went up to Wisconsin Dells for Memorial day weekend with my family and Nikki's family.  What a beautiful day, and wonderful time...we went on the Upper Dells boat tour, Ripley's, Wizard Quest (w/Nikki's little sis...it's like a Discovery Zone w/riddles you have to solve along the way), Marley's for dinner (yum...Gator sandwich :) ), and then finished off the evening losing a little at Ho-Chunk.  Nikki's dad won $375!  I'm glad one of us was a winner!  Most of these pics were screaming B & W to me...most of them were taken at the "Witches Gulch" portion of the upper Dells boat tour.  The last one is of Stand Rock...for those of you who don't know, Stand Rock was made famous by photographer H.H. Bennett...inventor of the instant shutter.  He made it out of wood an rubber bands, and called it a "snapper".  To test, he took a picture of his son in mid air above the 5ft gap, and ended up winning a 1895 national photo contest with it. 

 Tourists used to be able to jump across themselves, but insurance companies squashed that in the 1940's, and specially trained dogs are used today.

Rainy day...

#@&!, we're stuck...

Old background outside the studio, weathered from years gone by...

First Post...hmmm

Well...while sorting through hundreds of recent photos tonight, I thought that it's about time I jump on the blog bandwagon...I take a lot of pictures just for fun, and nobody sees them except for my fiance and I!  So I hope this will be a place to share recent photos of life...

Work; and play.

I'll start off with a few of my favorites from the last couple weeks...well, maybe more than a few. :)