Travelog post for: Dille

Hi there!

sannah promised to fulfil one of my life missions and so she did. We went by car about half an hour east of Rochester to Whitewater State Park where sannah made me climb the Chimney Rock Trail, a round loop leading up a hill for a spectacular look over the Mississippi Bluffs.



In order to have a nice view, you have to walk uphill first. So I went ...



... I was huffing and puffing halfway up alread, so I needed a rest.



Oh my, more stairs!



But in the end, I made it up to Chimney Rock - and you can easily tell why it got its name.




But the view was well worth it! Among all the lush green, you can see Whitewater River in the front and the road that brought us here in the back.



The beauty of early summer!



Having enjoyed the scenery for a while, we went back down, but not without admiring all the plants. Some of them can only be found in the protected natural areas of a state park.




A couple of wooden stairs led us down for the most part.



The hills - or bluffs - are all made of limestone and already part of the Mississippi River Delta (while the actual river is another 30 min drive east). Limestone is a relatively soft stone and easily carved, both by nature and men as you can see here.




We made it back to the edge of the Whitewater River safely without falling.




Climbing my first hill was fun, maybe there is a mountain for me to climb in the near future, too?

Love, Dille