Fossil Buttes National Monument, Kemmerer Wyoming
Fossil Buttes
Deer at fossil buttes
sandhlll cranes?
sage grouse
Grand Teton National Park, June 29, 2007
GTNP
Marmot
Taking a refreshing break in Jenny Lake after a 5 miler
The Bar-J Wranglers, at the Bar J Chuckwagon, Wilson, WY
Herd of Elk in Grand Teton
Nez Perce Trail, Yellowstone National Park. a 5.5 mile hike
acting goofy
a backcountry hot spring on the Nez Perce Trail
One of the boys of summer... an elk 100 yards from our cabin at Canyon Village
lightened up thanks to my SatGuys friends
Who has the right of way?
glare removed
Mike and Nick at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
looking down
our budding videographer
bison anyone?
The restaurants and shops at Canyon Village
The bison is on our trail
Time to bushwack a bit!
Then, just a few seconds later... a mule deer
A neat shot with the deer in the shadows
The Firetower on Mt. Washburn (we hiked up to the summit three days later)
Julie at the Clear Lake thermal area; next to a growler. A hole in the ground spitting mud and a sulpher stink, and making a growling noise
Mike at the growler
inside the mouth of the beast
a mud pot
a cool photo of a mud pot in action
Clear Lake thermal area. This is 2 miles in the backcountry. What is amazing is that we had the whole place to ourselves. 99% of the tourists never leave the road
Lillypad Lake
My little tree-hugger
The lower falls of the Yellowstone. 308 ft. drop
Julie and Nick at Artists' Point
The three of us; but too much shadow
Hiking the Yellowstone Picnic Trail along the ridge of the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone. Another 5 mile hike
The basalt cliffs
An Osprey in flight
The Yellowstone
At the junction of the Picnic Trail and the Specimen Ridge Trail
hiking down Specimen Ridge
What a treat - Pronghorn Antelope!
A pronghorn buck on our trail
two fawns that are quite curious
back at the trailhead
Yes! A Grizzly Bear cub! Off the road on the Dunraven Pass, between Tower and Canyon
lodgepole pine on the Washburn Springs hike. We were on the Glacial Boulder Trail, and hiked 4.3 miles each way to the hot springs
one of the springs
an inkspot spring... smells bad, and probably about 180 degrees
a fumorole
a little hole in the ground :--)
water is churning
boiling mud
steamboat geyser in the Norris Geyser Basin puting on a small show
One of two elk bulls who hang out near Canyon Village
They are called the "boys of summer" by the rangers
check both directions before crossing
oops... he has the right of way!
morning in the Hayden Valley
Bison country
Bison cow and calf
a pelican in the Yellowstone river
in the Hayden Valley on the Wapiti Trail, with Mt Washburn in the background
bison on the trail
supposed to provide them 25 yards leeway, we opted for more...
a herd of bison from a distance
a bit closer...
imagine the west full of bison, 150 years ago
not a bad place for a photo
The Wapiti thermal area... not much going on
But we had company....
He provided us an escort back on the trail
Can't go to Yellowstone and not visit Old Faithful
Old Faithful didn't have a particularly large blast.
Just a few photos of the end of the eruption
The boys of summer, again
smile you are on candid camera
The beginning of the Mt Washburn hike. 1300 ft of gain, from a bit more than 9000 ft to 10,200; our last hike - we did 40 miles this week
some wildflowers on the trail
The Fire lookout on the summit
Indian paintbrush, the state flower of Wyoming
Nicholas the mountain man. Those legs did 40 miles!
butterfly's mating
Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep
A little snow left at the summit, provides the sheep with a nice drink
absolutely an amazing site
about ten sheep on the summit
who are you looking at?
can we keep him as a pet?
What you looking at?
a look down the trail
on the summit
back at Canyon village
one last visit to the canyon
Glacial Boulder
lodgepole pines
Nick doing some homework to complete his Young Scientist patch
Look what's on my pencil!
A neat shot of the canyon, after a steep descent down to the Brink of the Lower Falls
Its a long way down the falls!
the brand new Canyon Visitor Education Center
The boys of summer are back... this time in the parking lot
We found a moose cow and her calf
Our cabin - for posterity sake - it was a Pioneer Cabin, E2-5
View of our cabin. Not fancy, but for $65/night a steal!
The Family Truckster getting loaded up to go home
some photo-edits of the elk
and a lightened one!
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