Teton trip with Ma

Me and Ma went to Driggs to hike around the tetons. This is at Grand Targhee ski area at Marys Saddle with Grand Teton in the background

Flowers werent at their peak but they were beautiful. This blue penstomon was cool

Although a weed, the thistle flowers can be beautful - this is taken from the yard of Fran and Bobs house - they let us use their new home while we were there.  Thanks Fran and Bob!

Sunset on the house

Had a few seconds to get a shot of this mangy fox near church at the entrance to Grand Teton National Park

Me and Ma did a hike around Phelps Lake which was owned by Rockefellers to recently.  They used to have a cabin on the shores - some of their cultivated Columbines still remain with really vibrant colors.  Bee snuck into the picture

Another Columbine

On the way home, we stopped at Upper Mesa Falls

Holland Lake Backpack

Me, Jolie and Aidan backpacked into Bob marshall at Upper Holland Lake for July 4th weekend. This is shot of Holland Lake from the trail - the stuff in the water is not an oil slick - it is pollen from the stream that is entering the lake

This is one of the Sapphire Lakes - beautiful lakes above Upper Holland Lake

The beargrass was great this year - Mission Mountains in the background

I had a brilliant idea to cross a creek via this down log - it worked for me but Jolie wasnt as happy - she burnt her leg on the log that was so hot from the sun

Another view of Holland Lake and the Mission Mountains



Aidan walking up the trail

Everyone is so happy because we are about to heaad down for ice cream and burgers!
 

Desolation Canyon River Trip

Me, Jolie, Connie, Janice and Scott floated 84 miles through Desolation and Grey Canyons in Utah.It was a 7 day trip that was great - took a bunch of nice hikes in side canyons and saw a black bear, ringtail cat, chukars, black bear, bunch of big horn sheep and lots of geckos. 90-100 degrees all week long.  This was our first campsite.

 Sunset at our first camp

 This is called Mushroom rock - Jolie for scale.  We saw the ringtail cat and chukars up the canyon behind this rock

 Sunset from our camp near Mushroom rock

 Another sunset from one of our camps

 Petroglyphs in the Rock Creek drainage

 This big horn sheep was waiting for us to pass by to get some water from Rock Creek

 

 Had my flag stolen by Carsley pirates --- thought all the pirates were in Somalia???

 Sunset from our fourth camp

 Jolie running the biggest rapid of the trip - Joe Hutch

 

 Saw these cute guys near an old rock house below Coal Creek Rapid

 Cactus growing on the old homestead roof

 Views from above School house Section slot canyon



Southern Utah Trip



Jolie and I took trip to Moab and to her parents house in Rockville near Zion National Park.  This is sunrise in Canyonlands at the Green River overlook

Another sunrise view

Another sunrise shot at Green River Overlook

Enjoing the sunrise

Had a great bike ride up to a view of Klondike Bluffs in Arches National Park

A sunset shot into the Windows Section of Arches National Park with LaSal Mountains in background

We didnt see many flowers but did see this prickly pear bloom on Eagles Crag hike near Rockville

We hiked the East Rim trail in Zions and had this great view of Jolley Canyon

Another shot in Arches of Park Avenue in late afternoon





Tetons

Got to stay at Bob and Frans house in Driggs - caught this sunrise on way to skiing Powder at Targhee

Caught sunset on the tip of the grand from the comfort of the enclosed deck

Sleeping Giant

Got a good sunset shot of the Sleeping Giant recently

Glacier Cosley Lake

Me and Jolie did a backpack into Cosley Lake in Glacier.  Camped at Cosley Lake and did day hikes - had warm weather and no mosquitoes (still some biting flies).  This is the moonrise from the beach next to the campsite.

The back side of Chief Mountain at sunset

Did a day hike past lake mokowanis up to this beautiful lake - Margaret Lake. Had to do an unintended and ultimately unecessary bushwhack to get here, but it was worth every minute of it.

Between Lake Mokowanis and Margaret Lake were some beautiful waterfalls! 

At the Ptarmigan tunnel entrance



Sunrise looking up towards Stoney Indian Pass from Cosley Lake



Different sunrise view

Me and Jolie near Ptarmigan Tunnel

We saw this cute black bear on the drive up south of St. Mary on the road