A roadtrip for the purpose of collecting samples of basswood from throughout its range
(and seeing some of the country in the process)

Day 1:  Wisconsin

Phillips, WI
Fred Smith's Wisconsin County Park
Friends of Fred Smith









Day 2:  Wisconsin and Minnesota


Indian pipe, Chequamegon NF, WI


Chequamegon NF, WI


Basswood leaves/flowers, Chequamegon NF, WI


Basswood tree, Chequamegon NF, WI


Chequamegon NF, WI


Basswood tree, Chippewa NF, MN


Mississippi River, Grand Rapids, MN


Day 3:  Minnesota and Iowa


Basswood, Nerstrand-Big Woods S.P., Minn.






Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum - the Masters Hotel, Burr Oak, Iowa


Day 4:  Iowa


Yellow River State Forest, Iowa (in the Driftless Area)


A bittersweet sight:  a shuttered greyhound track in Waterloo


Louis Sullivan's Jewel Box, Grinnell, Iowa


AAA Iowa Cubs vs. Nashville Sounds, Principal Park, Des Moines


This is frightening - I went with a corn dog instead


Day 5:  Missouri.  No pictures :(

Day 6:  Missouri and Illinois

Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis




Sea bells, Cubanola dominguensis


Screw pine


Chinese garden


Chihuly glass in reflecting pool, with Cyclotron in background


Water lilies?






Orchids in Cyclotron

Then... some more fruitless driving in Missouri, followed by camp in southern Illinois alongside Horseshoe Lake.


Cypress swamp, near sunset

Day 7:  Illinois and home


Baldcypress tree in Horseshoe Lake, showing its "knees"


Riverlore Mansion, Cairo IL


Magnolia Manor museum, Cairo IL


Brick paving outside the Riverlore Mansion


Location of Fort Defiance, southeastern tip of Illinois. Ohio River is from the left, Mississippi River is from the right and ahead.


Superman statue, Metropolis IL




Bluffs along Ohio River, Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL


Cave-in-Rock State Park, IL - from inside the actual cave in rock

The end of the first leg of the trip!