Here are some scenes from major hiking around the Mississippi river for this #wednesdaywalk by
Quite a few trails are around the edge of the Mississippi river on the border of Iowa and Wisconsin. Most of these trails lead up to various overlooks.
This is the driftless area where the ice age didn't completely flatten the Midwest. So you can get a bit of an elevation experience compared to most of the flat hiking areas in the rest of the state.
These hikes can be quite steep, great for working out the calf muscles.
There are even cool limestone rock formations higher up towards the top of these overlooks.
Here is a little cave that is high up in the rocks. You basically have to climb a ladder to get to it.
This is a view from inside the cave looking out. There is a tiny tunnel that goes far back but only kids can really crawl back there.
I bet if you did crawl all the way back in the cave you might encounter a rat snake.
Or a garter snake. This guy has blue eyes because he is about to shed his skin.
I'm sure a few of these orange slugs might be hiding deep in the cave as well. I got many other critter photos on my walks around the Mississippi river. I'll save the birds for #featheredfriday and a few mushrooms for #fungifriday that's all for this #wednesdaywalk :-)
