Oregon Coast

Cute snail on my first morning on my week long Oregon trip

Tiger Lily at Shore Acres state park

An octopus in a tide pool at Cape Arago

Iris near the Rogue River

Water fall near the Rogue River

Fairy slipper orchid near Rogue River

Sunrise shot near Meyers beach

Lupine near Whalehead Beach

Sunset and Iris at Cape Ferrelo

Fern Falls on a rainy day in the State Redwood Park

Sunset on a beach near Brookings

yellowstone in the spring

Reflection of sky, snow and trees in hot spring pools near Grand Prismatic Spring.

A pasque flower near the Yellowstone River

Saw these wolves on the edge of Mammoth - only a few seconds to jump out of car for a shot so its a bit blury

Evening shot in Lamar Valley

Yellowstone Snowcoach Tour

me and Ma took a snowcoach (shown here) into Old Faithful, did some snowshoeing and spent the night in a rustic cabin.

Saw a family of river otters playing in the Madison River just inside the park.

View of front of snowcoach as we were stopped to look at the river otters.

This is my friend Connie with Ma. Connie was our tour guide on the way into the Park.

Ma enjoying a warm moment in the sun after some snowshoeing around the geyser basin

We stayed at a cabin near the Old Faithful snow lodge - they had some cool lights around a skating rink. Couldnt have got this shot without my new tripod (thanks joan/sandy)

Already getting some heather to bloom at fountain paint pots

a little bit of sun at fountain paint pots

a liitle dark, but a good silhouette of an eagle taking off from the tree.

Teton Ski Trip

A rare day at grand targhee without fog. This is the South Teton taken thru a snowghost

View of the grand teton from Grand Targhee ski area through a another snowghost.

This is just the top of the same old car that I got a pix of this spring with the tetons framed in the windshield

Sunset from the south side of the Tetons near Jackson, WY

Another Glacier Trip

Took a(nother) trip to Glacier - as I was heading out of town stopped to take this picture of sunrise above a barn in the Helena valley.

This cute little weasel popped up next to me while I was taking a break by a creek - first time I've gotten a pix of a weasel (however, not the first weasel I've ever met :)

He/she? posed a few times for me.

Gorgeous view from near Piegan Pass looking back where I hiked in from.

With the warm fall weather, there were still some flowers out. Paintbrush, asters and a few gentian like this one.

Sunrise at Red Rocks Lake

Yellowstone Lake

Paddled the south arm of Yellowstone Lake for 5 days with 4 friends from West Yellowstone. Didnt see any big critters but saw some bear and wolf prints. Got caught in one good rain/lightning storm but other than that was a great week on the Lake.

Glacier with Todd

Todd and I went to Glacier and spent 2 nights at the Granite Park Chalet. Had good weather except for one strong hail storm on the way up to the chalet. Second day we hike to the lookout on top of Swiftcurrent peak and looked for critters along the highline trail. Found this one marmot who was snacking on a rock (not sure why, there was lots of other good stuff around!). We did see a bear and her cubs from a very safe distance from the chalet on the second night and last morning.