Monday, May 30, 2011

Tigger

This is the latest addition to the house. His name is Tigger (the only good name for an orange cat). He loves to snuggle into my neck while I'm laying on the couch.





Monday, May 23, 2011

Yellowstone in May


Me and Ma took our annual spring trip to Yellowstone. We found shed antlers again along the Blacktail trail.


Its faint, but this looked like a very recent bear track - saw it after Ma went off to look at gooseberry bushes - I quickly went to look for her to make sure she wasnt on the bears lunch menu





There was still a little bit of snow on the trail







Saw this moose near tower falls









Got picture of this coyote as I was driving the car - not bad. He had tags in each ear - dont know if that means he's been bad twice or what?











Electric Peak from Swan Flats













Got this good shot of the Upper Yellowstone Falls - almost took Ma out on the ice leading to this overlook















caught this guy crossing the Madison river on east side of the park

















Ma took this picture outside the park on our way home. No, I didnt hit the calf with the car - it is sleeping.



















Southern Utah






Went to southern Utah in April. first shot is fisher Tower near Moab, UT. (some captions not next to the picture but they are in order)




Druid Arch - Canyonlands NP. Reminds me of Stonehenge




Sun and rain on Peekaboo spring trail - Canyonlands NP






Had lots of rain in the Needles district of Canyonlands -- the good thing about that is that these potholes get filled with water and make for good pictures - this is at Pothole Point Trail








Sunrise on Dead Horse Point State Park










Shafer Canyon in Canyonlands NP












Vetch in Capital Reef NP














Cassidy Arch in Capital Reef NP. There are people above the arch for scale.
















Grand Wash in Capital Reef National Park


















Has to be the most beautiful waterfall I've ever seen - its 180 feet high and an easy 3 mile hike to see it. Its called Lower Calf Creek Falls in Escalante grand staircase Nat. Monument.




















Dont know what type of flowers these are, but I had to lay on the side of windy road with cars whizzing past me as I took the pix






















Some cool hoodoo formations at Devils Garden in Escalante Grand Staircas Nat. Monument
























At 10,000 feet, there was still a lot of snow near Cedar City