Like many other advanced amateur photographers I’ve been yearning for the perfect compact digital camera. I do have my Canon 30D which shoots excellent images, along with a bunch of heavy and relatively expensive lenses but obviously I can’t carry all that in my pocket at all times. Besides, there are times when I simply [...]

If you drive about 30 miles north from the Mississippi Palisades State Park you will reach a quaint little town called Galena. It seems to be rather famous around these parts for 2 reasons that I discern: skiing and balloon rides. The surrounding rolling countryside isn’t bad either, in fact it is quite idyllic.
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I revisited the Mississippi Palisades State Park a few months ago so this is a sort of follow up to my Mississippi in Illinois post. This time I discovered another outlook from where I could see the river below me.

Speedboat winding down the Mississippi river as seen from a bluff in the Mississippi Palisades State [...]