Category: Wyoming

The Yellowstone Experience

MORNING IN THE LAMAR VALLEY
Sunrise in the Lamar Valley

All told we spent nearly a month in Yellowstone. It’s so close to Teton National Park (less than 20 miles) that it’s essentially two parks in one, so…that’s not as long as it sounds. The first week-ish we spent with my Brother mostly in Yellowstone, and that was really great fun. In fact, the ONLY thing we miss from our previous life is that we don’t get to spend nearly as much time with them as we used to.

ALPEN GLOW
The Grand Teton Alpen Glow

Sorry, but you’re gonna see a lot of pictures of the Tetons…I’m fascinated!

After they left we turned our focus towards the Tetons. Read more…

The Muy Grande Tetons

ANOTHER DAY ENDS IN THE TETONS
The Sun sets in the Tetons

“It would be easier for a camel to pass through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter heaven.” Anyone know who gets the credit for that statement? That would be none other than Jesus Christ himself…so the story goes. I’m not a religious guy, in the traditional sense anyway, so I don’t follow the game too closely, but that sure seems like a far cry from what I hear today…in a supposedly Christian nation. Just sayin…

13,776 FEET OF AWESOMENESSGrand Teton

On The Road Again…Into Yellowstone

BISON KNOW THEY’RE BAD
Bison know they're bad.

Repairs completed, we happily declared ourselves road ready and got back to it. Along the way Carson and I were listening to a report on the radio about amazon.com. It seems that rather than air condition their warehouses they find it more cost effective to have ambulances waiting outside to remove their employees who collapse from heat exhaustion. My first thought was: Man…I know first hand how unbearable it is in Indonesia. Read more…

It’s Supposed to be Fun People

LEWIS LAKE – YELLOWSTONE
Lewis Lake Yellowstone

That so few of us, over the age of around ten that is, wake up completely psyched about the gift of another day, shows what drudgery we’ve turned life into and how much we take for granted.