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Well, actually, the first is facing east, away from the Tetons, but the light was so good, that I had to stop to shoot as I was walking down the ridge to find a vantage point facing the Tetons. A classic sunrise fizzled out due to the heavy clouds to the east (as well as obscuring the Tetons).

I went back up to the Wind Rivers since my last trip was so short. Jim Fox had shown me a photo to ask if I knew where it was, so I decided that must be a sign for where I should go. Since it's about an 8 hour drive and 9+ miles in, I decided to walk in a few miles (ended up being @2.7) the...

At the ridge between Upper Deep Creek and Ridge Lakes is this view of Little El Capitan. This was a morning shot (alpenglow was faint & brief and I was still 10 minutes from the ridge) - stitched vertical pano. This was that evening as the clouds rolled in. It was completely cloudy for the...

This is obviously a little used trail in the Wind Rivers....... The 1st bridge has a cross hatched log to replace it. The 2nd was just over a dry marsh. My dog didn't like it but was OK going over it, but on the way back, I couldn't get her to follow me onto the crispy marsh & she broke...

I just got back from a short backpack into the southern Wind River Range. Managed to find a smoke-free window -- only a few whiffs in the evenings of some days. This is Little El Capitan between Upper Deep Creek and Ridge Lakes. The next day was planned to be a traverse below Wind River Peak...

I missed the window of peak wildflowers in this particular meadow on one of my regular hikes (it was at peak 4 days ago when I was walking with a friend but didn't have camera gear with me and today was the first day I could get back there), so I settled for a macro of one of the Mariposa...

The recent rains have been a boon to the wildflowers here. I found some local trails I hadn't been on before with some little gems.

Prairie Smoke, Purple Avens (Geum triflorum) found around the Green River Lakes, WY area. And, closer to home, Calypso orchids are just starting to show. Spotted coral root orchids have been flowering strongly for a week now, but not up higher where this Calypso was. the larger patches of...

I shot back up to the Tetons for another attempt at the Arrowroot Balsomroot at sunrise. On the way, on I-80 (I think), there as a loud "bang" and I thought that maybe a bird & my windshield had collided, though I had no recollection of seeing something coming towards me. No warning lights on...

Last year I was too late. Peak might be next week, then the Mules Ears will have their turn. There were some great atmospherics that I missed because I hadn't used my tilt-shift in a while & it was taking me forever to adjust it. By the time I got it, the entire valley was socked in & the...

I guess that were I a half-tone herbivore, I would spend all day foraging, too. This guy (different from the previous post, unless he grew something like 20% in a week) made 3 visits to my house & property yesterday. On the last one, my dog was hiding under the deck, barking as he passed not...

I had planned to wait a week or so before planting some new roses on my property, but they may not have a chance.

A few of you may remember when I posted some shots of Happy Canyon in 2022. I finally got back there after a failed attempt (the road was closed @5 miles before the old trailhead and adding 10 miles on to the hike was not something I was up for) and I think there were a couple of other times...

I managed to get away for a few days and visited some ruins I hadn't been to before. I'd tried to find Citadel West previously, but the directions I had were so jumbled that all I ended up doing was driving & hiking around, searching in vain. I finally realized that 3 locations had gotten...

I was out in California in late January for, ironically, a traumatic brain injury seminar when I got hit by a car as I was walking on the sidewalk, crossing a driveway to a shopping center. I must have been looking at the businesses in the center to see what was there, as I didn't see the car...

Professor Creek, that is. I went to Moab over New Years, and even though I only took my camera out twice, Jim Fox asked that I post the shots I got. Not great scenes, but acceptable. It was relatively warm (low 20's at home, but 40's in Moab), no scenic snow or clouds, but nice to hike...

I got away for a few days last week and, instead of heading downstream to the Neon Canyon/Golden Cathedral in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, I went upstream to the next canyon. The south fork of Choprock is a technical canyon with, usually, a lot of swimming. I went up the main...

Buttermilk skies couldn't completely hide the aurora at this iconic church on the Peak to Peak highway in Colorado. When I went up to RMNP afterwards, it was pretty much obscured by clouds.

Late August is the time for sunflowers at the Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado. There was a paucity of said flowers within the dunes this year, but outside of the park, they proliferate.

Nellie Creek, that is. My friend who hiked in to the Winds with me last summer told me about this double fall. He was going to shoot it for his oldest daughter's wedding that will be later this year. 2 views: from farther away & at the base. Let me know which you prefer.