My Happy Place

Just Peachy

One of the original farmsteads on the gravel road known as Mormon Row, Grand Teton National Park.  Besides the history of early settlement in the valley known as Jackson Hole, it's famous this year for the litter of eight coyote pups living under the foundation of one of the outbuildings.  Photographers line up just behind a line drawn by park rangers and train their exotic long lenses on the den opening, sometimes waiting hours for a shot of gamboling pups.



I found it amusing, and was amused at myself as I duly lined up with the rest for a glimpse of tawny fur.  At home we shoot coyotes, too.  Just not with cameras.

Shootin' the shooters . . .

The Sinks

This river near Lander, WY, completely disappears into a series of caves the water has carved out of soft limestone.  (The cave is the dark recess on the far left.  It's full from the spring runoff now, but in summer you can walk into the cave.)  It pops to the surface again half a mile downstream in a pool called The Rise.

Spelunkers have tried to explore the caves, but they're much too small and choked with branches for a human to get into.  Guess they'll just have to remain a mystery for the next hundred thousand years.


Sinks Canyon is really, really gorgeous if you like rocks, as I do.

A Beaut Of A Butte

So okay, I couldn't resist pushing the Photoshop color slider so far that I sprained my thumb.  But this shows the excitement I feel about the west, if not the exact literal depiction.

Evening Updraft

Man, I love Wyoming!

Those tall fences are windbreaks, useful any time of the year, and especially in winter when the snow falls sideways.

Photo Op

Oops, I forgot to brush him first.

Desert Oasis

The red soil looks so exotic to me.

Snowy Range Pass

In the Medicine Bow Mountains of southeastern Wyoming.  After checking that the pass was open (just recently), we started vacation with a cold and windy ride up and over the Snowy (literally) Range.  Oh, and cold - did I mention cold?

Pine Flags

The wind is so constant, and so strong on the tops of the mountains, that branches only grow on one side of the trees.

Medicine Bow Beauty

Huh?

Flaky

Morning Smile

Evening Light

Salute