Devil's Lake East Bluff Trail

Stay on the path you kayed before yourself. Don't give up.  Keep climbing to reach your goals.

This photo is of a path along the Eastern Bluff along Devil's Lake in Wisconsin.  This part is the slightly easier incline than the one I took to see the Devil's Doorway rock formation.  But, never fear, because this path will also take you to that feature.

I only scratched the surface of what kind of photos are possible at Devil's Lake. I highly suggest any one to take a trip out there.

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Remnants of Sunset through the Devil's Doorway

Remnants of Sunset through the Devil's Doorway,
at Devil's Lake State Park, WI.

For the upper midwest, this is a massive granite monument.  People can climb it to get a great view of the lake and valley below them.  And sunsets with a half-moon like this are stunning.

I came to Devil's Lake for the first week of Summer and it just makes me realize how much I want to search for these photo opportunities.  Speaking of opportunities, what you don't see here are two rock climbers that are on the other side of this formation.

I came up here with +Adam Dooley and we stuck to the paths for the non-rock climbers.  I said to him, it will be a great place to photograph, and who knows, we just might find a rock climber or two.  At the end of this trip, he turned to me and said, "Tony, we need to get in better shape because we need to do more things like this."

I took this set of photos hand held, and the HDR was done by Google.  Enjoy.

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The Devil's Door Way Climbed

The Devil's Door Way Climbed by @adventures.in.climbing

The first week of summer, I went to Devil's Lake State Park in Wisconsin.  I had been hearing this was a place that rock climbers got some good starting experience.  And I wasn't disappointed.  By going in the middle of the week, I found two sets of rock climbers there.  And both were amazing to meet and talk to. 

This guy from Adventures In Climbing, also happened to be on instagram as he is a guide for hire that publicized himself there.  And getting to this rock formation must give you an inspiring view of the bluffs that surround Devil's Lake.  Apparently, it is one of the best rock climbing areas of the entire midwest.

@adventures.in.climbing got to the top of the Devil's Doorway and let his client get a bird's eye view of #devilslake. #firstweekofsummer #wisconsin #wisconsinlife #Discoverwisconsin #rockclimbing #summertime #wisconsinsummer #wisconsinstateparks

A photo posted by Tony Dooley (@lephotosbytony) on Jun 25, 2015 at 1:29pm PDT