Grammies Hog

Sherrys Turning 50 this year - 'nuff said

Notice the cool basket and streamers!!!

Craters of the Moon National Monument

Me and Ma on top of North Crater (an illegal hike, but we dodged the cops -- I wasnt worried, I'm faster than her.)

One of the prettier flowers we saw in the park

I convinced Ma to go into the biggest cave in the park -- she wouldnt go into any of the small tunnels, but this one had plenty of head room.

This is no ordinary cave. It has skylights and stairs.

She may be smiling, but its just hiding the fear as she slides and climbs out of the cave.

Ma survived the caves, and as the saying goes... whatever doesnt kill you makes you stronger! You can see how strong it has made her.

Erics trip to Zions NP

indian paintbrush growing out of a vertical rock wall

a self-portrait ("gobble--gobble")

sunset in the canyon

sunset in the canyon

this is called angels landing - the hike goes up that narrow face - they have chains in many areas to make it easier. When i looked over the cliff a little more I saw some specks on this rock face - see next picture.....

on the vertical face of the rock in the previous picture I happened to see a few campers - they had spent the night at that spot - probably 400-500 feet from the valley floor

Looking straight up from a slot canyon

i really was there!

Erics trip to Bryce Canyon NP

sunrise from bryce point

another sunrise from bryce point

sunrise from Bryce Point

Looking down some very tight switchbacks on a trail down into the hoodoos

looking back up from the previous shot - way up towards the top there are some people hiking down

this area is called the "hat shop"

sunset on the hoodoos

view from a tunnel on one of the trails

hoodoos

Erics trip to Moab/Canyonlands

sunrise over the green river

sunrise in canyonlands

another sunrise in canyonlands

a sunset in canyonlands

a view towards the green river from an overlook in Canyonlands NP

lithified sand dunes in canyonlands N.P.

A view into a dry drainage during hike around Upheaval Dome in Canyonlands N.P.

some kind of flower near Fischers Towers

Erics trip to colorado national monument

some lichen

Monument valley in colorado national monument

Monument Valley in colorado national monument

A shot in Monument Valley - colorado national monument

May Trip to Yellowstone

Rocky Mountain Bluebird

Fortunately this print on the trail was only from a black bear (you can tell by how close the claw marks are to the foot)

Ma was hoping to see a fox and we did!

We saw some sandhill cranes outside the park

Bighorn Sheep

Me and ma were hiding behind the car about 50 feet away

Me and Ma got a little close to this griz