http://earth.michellex.com An exploration & celebration of our nation's state parks Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://earth.michellex.com/2009/12/mina-sauk-falls/ http://earth.michellex.com/2009/12/mina-sauk-falls/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:13:54 +0000 michellex http://earth.steelveils.com/?p=143 The Taum Sauk State Park, where Mina Sauk Falls is located, is nearly three hours from me, so for this trip I opted to camp out. It was a very cold December, it had previously snowed in the area, and what wasn't covered with snow, was frozen. Slept in my car that night (thank the Chevy gods for auto start!) in one of the most beautiful (albeit small) campgrounds I'd ever seen. It was just stunning; heavily wooded with a small, frozen pond just across the road from my spot. I headed out to the trail first thing Sunday morning, in search of the "tallest waterfall...]]> http://earth.michellex.com/2009/12/mina-sauk-falls/feed/ 0