Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Yellowstone in Spring

Jolie and I spent a couple of days in Yellowstone - hiked up Slough Creek to Elk Tongue Patrol Cabin. This is the first view of the Slough Creek valley on the trail

The trail was quite muddy - we were hoping the bad boy who made these tracks hadnt made them recently

Not sure if it was the same bear that made the tracks, but this looks like a bear was trying to get at something in the patrol cabin.
On way home we started a bear jam on the road when we saw this guy about 10 feet off the road - he got so close thought he was going to try and give Jolie a kiss

On hike down blacktail trail saw these great pasque flowers


At the blacktail falls - note the columnar basalt in the back ground.

Saturday, May 10, 2014

spring flowers

Flowers have been great this spring in Helena. Pasque flowers on Helena ridge trail.

Shooting stars on the helena ridge trail

Pasque flower on Rodney Ridge trail in Helena