Sunday, March 27, 2011

rendezvous race

Went down to west yellowstone to take pictures of the rendezvous ski race. They had about 560 entrants. This is the start of one of the races.
The official starting cannon of the race

2 skers pushing for the finish line
Official drink of the race -PBR

A skier pushing for the finish line

Monday, March 14, 2011

West Yellowstone Rendezvous ski race

A PBR always tastes good after a race

Unknown skier pushing for the finish line.


Tetons

Did a little skiing in Grand Teton National Park - this was the best photo of the day

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Florida

I went to st. augustine Florida for a week in early November. Had great weather and did lots of beach walks. When I woke up the first morning and had coffee on the rooftop deck this was the sunrise that greeted me.... nice!
Man o War jellyfish on the beach - this one was about a foot across.

Some BIIIIG scary spiders on the trails.


Another good sunrise.



This is a reddish heron fishing. I didnt get him with a fish in his mouth, but got him in his dance trying to scare one up. When he got one he looked pretty happy.




I didnt know that insects knew anything about piggy-back rides!





Some wind patterns in the beach sand.






Sea oats at sunrise with an impending storm







Pelicans diving for fish in the ocean.








A cool old door in st. augustine.









Sunrise on the st. augustine pier (i didnt do such a good photoshop job on this one, but is still pretty)










Sunrise on the newly refurbished drawbridge in st. augustine - Flagler college in the background (originally a very high end hotel in the 1800's)











Castillo de San Marcos - the citys fort in the middle of St. Augustine - it is made from a rock called coquina which is just ocean shells cemented together - it was the best rock against cannon balls in its day.












Wednesday, October 6, 2010

More Glacier in the fall

We had beautiful fall weather so I took (another) trip to Glacier. Saw this cute guy and some of his buddies right in the many glacier parking lot as i started my hike.
Sorry for the messed up text locations- not sure how to fix it.
View across swiftcurrent lake.


A lot of the colors were already gone, but there were a few good spots - this was on the Grinnell Glacier trail.



Same area as previous picture on the Grinnell Glacier hike.




Saw this young moose and his mom right next to Many Glacier Hotel.





A waterfall and colors above Medicine Grizzly Lake






Thursday, September 16, 2010

Glacier in the fall

Me and Ma went up to Glacier for a weekend - first day was windy, wet and some hail stinging our faces as we tried to hike above Logan Pass, so we smartly abandoned that attempt and drove down lower where it was still raining on us, but were able to get a good picture of St. Mary Falls.
Sunrise on Rising Sun Mountain.

On our second day we did a 11.5 mile hik to Cobalt Lake - it was quite windy and chilly particularly in the morning on the lake.


Rockwell Falls



Mountain ash leaves




Near end of the hike we saw this moose.

















We saw this momma black bear and her two cubs right next to the road.



















Sunrise on St Mary Lake and Wild Goose Island








































On our last morning, the wind finally quit and the skies turned blue.



























Siyeh Creek









Monday, August 30, 2010

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.