Crystal's Nature Quests!

Quest Rating:  🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞   This is one of my favorite state parks!  I will come back to go hiking here :)   Featured Guests: Tiffany Tiffany (buddy c:) Kelly (Best friend, summer wife, sous chef! lol) Animals Spotted: Birds  Weather: Higher 80s    Environment: Sunny and beautiful! Food: Packed a cooler! Had pb&j's, pretzels, grapes, smores  Fun Facts: Devil's Lake is a basin lake, meaning it has no natural inlet or outlet. It was formed when a glacier blocked an ancient river valley, creating a basin that filled with water.  The lake got its name from a poor translation by trappers and traders of the original Ho-Chunk name, "Ta-wa-cun-chuk-dah," which roughly translates to “Spirit Lake,” “Holy Lake” or “Sacred Lake.” It has about 30 miles of hiking trails!  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crystal’s Nature Quests! (@crystals_nature_quests)

Quest Rating: 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢  Featured Guest: Kelly (Best friend, summer wife, sous chef! lol) Animals Spotted: Birds, turtles, and a turkey! 🦃 Weather: Higher 70s/80s.    Environment: Sunny and beautiful! Open landscape, a lake, forests, and a "lagoon" lol.  Food: Went to a restaurant in town after along the Fox River! So fun, we ate outside!  Fun Facts: The park's name comes from a geological formation called a moraine (ridge of debris left behind by a glacier). The 48-acre Lake Defiance in the center of the park is a kettle lake, formed when a large chunk of glacial ice melted! The waters and wetlands of Moraine Hills are home to abundant wildlife; more than 200 species of birds have been identified at the park! 🐦 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crystal’s Nature Quests! (@crystals_nature_quests) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crystal’s Nature Quests! (@crystals_na...

Quest Rating: 🐃🐃🐃🐃🐃 This was my first time in NY!  Featured Guest: Tom (Uncle) Animals Spotted: Seagulls! Literally EVERYWHERE lol!! Weather: Higher 50/60s.   Environment: Sunny and beautiful! Very sunny and calming.  The waterfalls are amazing from the USA side as well. I loved being close to the water. 😍 Food: Dippin' dots and NY style pizza! 🍕 Fun Facts: Niagara Falls State Park is America's oldest state park! It was established in 1885. 🏞 The Maid of the Mist boat tour at Niagara Falls has been in operation since 1846.  The boats are now fully electric, producing zero emissions.  The boats on the USA side use blue ponchos while the boats on the Canada side use red ponchos haha.  Maid of The Mist boat ride!  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crystal’s Nature Quests! (@crystals_nature_quests) Cave of The Winds!  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crystal’s Nature Quests...

  Quest Rating: 🌈  🌈  🌈  🌈  🌈 Featured Guest: Tom (Uncle) Animals Spotted: Seagulls! lol Weather: Higher 50/60s.   Environment: Beautiful! Very sunny and calming. There was also a huge rainbow in front of the Horseshoe Falls!  The waterfalls are amazing. I was mesmerized by the water. 😍 Food: Canadian style pizza ;)  Fun Facts: Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive! She was 63 years old. In 1885, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse created the world’s first hydroelectric power plant in Niagara Falls! At night, the falls have colorful, changing lights projected onto them! It's very fun!  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crystal’s Nature Quests! (@crystals_nature_quests) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crystal’s Nature Quests! (@crystals_nature_quests) Niagara Falls at nigghhttt! So fun :)  View this post ...

Quest Rating:  🎵 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎵 Featured Guest: Costandi (past roomie)  Animals Spotted: None that I can think of. I heard birds though at 3-4AM! haha. 🐦   Weather: Higher 50/60s. Nighttime, no wind.   Environment: Vienna was so cool! We were only there for 12 hours due to our layover haha.  It felt like we were the only two people awake and we had the whole city to ourselves! We went to a few bars and a breakfast place. Those were delightful.  Food: Kebab, currywurst, breakfast bakery items, beer, coffee 😋 Fun Facts: Vienna is nicknamed "The City of Music" ♩𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅲 Mozart, Beethoven, and Strauss were born in Vienna!  Vienna is also nicknamed "The City of Dreams"  Snow globes were invented in Vienna ❄ View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crystal’s Nature Quests! (@crystals_nature_quests) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crystal’s Nature Quests! (@crystals_nature_quests)