Yellowstone Lake Paddle

Took a four day trip around the southeast arm of Yellowstone Lake. This is the second morning. No pictures from the first day as I was too traumatized by the 3 foot waves we encountered on the way to our first camp site.

Brenda and Brandi

Scott and Janice

Connie

Happy hour at the Promontory camp

Sunset at the Promontory camp

We had this guy and his two does in our last camp - they liked to chew on stuff like gloves, hats, water bottles....

The gang (Eric, Connie, Brandi, Brenda, Janice and Scott) at the top of the Promontory (Tetons in the distance) on our last morning of the trip.

Table Mountain hike

Hiked up table mountain on the west side of the tetons (4,000 feet eleveation gain to over 11, 000 ft - not quite as strenuous as Jenny's recent summitting of the grand teton). Saw lots of wildflowers.

View of the grand from my lunch spot

Wildflowers just below table mountain

Deep blue lupine in a huge wildflower meadow

This is the view of the grand teton and table mountain about 2 miles from table mountain.

Saw a nice field of fireweed near sunset

Yellowstone in the spring

This trip is out of sequence. Me and Ma went to yellowstone for our annual spring trip. We went just after a snow storm, but our day was mostly sunny and cool. This little bluebird greeted us on our hike down Blacktail Canyon

We saw recent wolf tracks on the trail, which would explain why we spooked a heard of elk when we were over 300 yards away from them

Me and Ma at the Blacktail Cabin

Buffalo being cute

I think this is the best picture of the grand canyon of the yellowstone I have ever taken.

Turquoise Lake

I took a great hike up to Turquoise Lake (near Lindbergh Lake) in early august.

Beautiful rock outcrop near the top of the hike.

There is a huge rock outcrop on the trail that has features such as ripple marks, mudcracks, and this one that shows scratches in the rock gouged out by glaciers during last ice age (geologists drool over this stuff - oh OK I drool over a lot of things (usually my pillow), but this is definately one of them).

This is another lake near Lindbergh Lake called Crystal Lake.

Pebble Creek and Trout Creek

Me and Ma went to pebble creek in Yellowstone park to find wildflowers - we hit it perfectly. Had a great sunny day (except for the hour of lightning, hail and rain right after lunch). Had four stream crossings where we put on our sandals - except the last one when Ma just walked through in her boots. This hike was done three days after a grizzly killed and ate part of a guy in a campground 10 miles from this spot - Ma was a little nervous but I felt good since I'm still faster than Ma.

Acres and acres of wild flowers in the pebble creek meadow

Paintbrush and a little snow in the pebble creek meadow

This one is for Anne, a ladybug on Arnica on the beartooth highway

Sunrise on lupine near fire lookout on beartooth highway

Beautiful fuscia paintbrush on Beartooth Hwy.

Me and Ma did a short hike up Trout Creek near Helena. Lots of wildflowers, but the prettiest flower was this weed, thistle.

Mid-Fork Salmon River Trip

We got a float permit for the Middle-Fork of the Salmon in mid July. A seven day 100-mile float through mostly wilderness (a couple of backcountry lodges break up the wilderness). This is on the way to river looking at Sawtooth Mountains near Stanley, ID.

The cluster of boats on a typical launch day on mid-fork Salmon

Todd and boat damage after hitting rock in Pistol Creek and ejecting all his passengers

Will in Marble Creek

Scott getting a fun ride in Tappan Falls

Connie in Tappan Falls

Veil Falls, a great waterfall to stand under on a hot day.

Miles, the obsessive compulsive wonder dog

The gang at the end of the trip (Cam, Will, Chas, Meredith, Scott, Janice, Connie, Todd, Will, Suzanne, Jake, Eric, Jeff)