Monday, August 16, 2010

Black and White Musings

Jackson Hole from Teton Pass

Island Park Field After Storm

Gathering Storm, Yellowstone National Park


Yellowstone Tree Skeleton

Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

A few more I like

Lamar Valley


Lamar River


Terrace Spring

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Grand Teton National Park

We allocated far too little time to the Grand Tetons. In retrospect, we could have spent one less day at Yellowstone and one more day here. The landscape was stunning in a very different way from Yellowstone. I couldn't trim the photos down to few representative ones so I just pushed a bunch out onto Shutterfly. The link is below.

Link to Shutterfly

Below are my current favorites though I reserve the right to change my mind.

The Grand Teton Range

Grand Teton and Mount Owen

Grand Teton

Grand Teton and Mount Owen

Mount St John

Friday, August 13, 2010

More roaming around

On Thursday we got way off the beaten path by taking a four mile hike. Some of the photos are below.

Firehole River Falls

Raven eating a small rodent

Firehole River near Midway Geyser Basin


Firehole River Field -- Very swampy


Firehole Field


These orange blazes marked the trail. The skull added color.

Firehole Wildflowers


Hiking near the Firehole

The ground steams wherever you go

Firehole Forest 25 years after the fire

Bison have been here


On the trail

Family and wildflowers

Shosone Lake

Yellowstone Lake Fumeroles

Yellowstone Sunset

Putzing Around Yellowstone

The Madison River



Madison River



Elk fawn (?) along the Madison



Elk along the Madison

A bison who ambled past the car one morning

Grazing Elk

Sunset near West Yellowstone

Sunset near West Yellowstone

Thursday, August 12, 2010

More Day Four

Driving around in the Sequoia



Near the inn. Herds of Steak.



Three sprigs of Fireweed cling to the edge of Upper Falls.



Upper Falls. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
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Day Four (and some day two photos)



Prismatic Spring


Near Old Faithful


Prismatic Spring
Firehole River


Clearing storm over Henry's Lake

Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Yellowstone Lake

Chris and Sam at Yellowstone Lake


Dry mud spring


Chris got hit by a bit of hot mud

Bubbling mud spring


Mud Spring
Ever present Bear Spray