Milwaukee's Glacier

In 2005 Dan and I had the amazing opportunity to travel all around Iceland with our buds Holly and Pat. We did lots of amazing things while there, one of them being a glacier trek. We had such a blast and came back from that trip joking how Milwaukee needed a glacier of its own.

Well, Holly and Pat, it turns out we have one...at least in the winter months on the shores of Lake Michigan at the Audubon Center. Our friend Elisabeth blogged about the fantastic 'ice volcanoes' there last week and it inspired us to climb around on (and in!) the ice for a few hours this Saturday.

Amazing world we live in--from Iceland to Milwaukee. :)

On our way down the steep decline to the lake level. (Yes, turtle is wearing a scarf. Ned insisted. "Cold 'side. Turtle. Scarf." Kid is funny.)

And here it is! Milwaukee's glacier. Complete with crevasses.
Baby in the hole, a.k.a. "cave" or "ice 'cano". (She looks happy, but she was a little nervous out there. Glaciers are "sippery" and you have to be "caufel." She kept reminding us to go slowly. Cute, especially from her generally pretty daredevil self. Good to know she has reasonable limits--it was icy as all heck out there.)
Family in the hole!
Okay, this was hilarious. Ned's become rather serious about her photography and uses her "cam-ruh" pretty much every day now. When she heard we were going to the "ice 'canoes", she promptly grabbed her camera and stuffed it into our bag. So here she is all National Geographic style with Baba's tripod:
As if the self-initiated tripod use wasn't funny enough, then she tries to adjust the tripod height, just like Baba.

Turtle in his Ergo.
Thanks for the tip, E! Milwaukee's glacier rocks!