Old Baldy

We see a lot of Bald Eagles near rivers. Here's one -- hiding a bit..

Now THAT'S a mailbox!

Or is it one of those new tiny houses?

LoveBirds

No, not K&A, but these two cuties.

Hey Mister, whatcha looking at?

Pot-O-Gold

Crazy weather brings rainbows and rainbows bring Pots O Gold

Sure looks like the rainbow is landing directly on the pot o gold... maybe we should have investigated?

Early evening sunlight on fence posts near campsite.

The "Find Alicia Picture"

We were fishing the Green River near Pinedale WY.  The river is pretty big and runs through the rather vast Kendall Valley.

I took a picture of Alicia in the Green River --- kind of hard to find her.  Almost lower dead center

There she is!

A lot easier to find Kevin

Campsite Expansion

We use our cabin tent a lot - anywhere from 30-60 days per year in summer only, and as a result, we get only 2-3years of use before the zipper fails or the fly gets so sun baked that it starts to leak a little.  So, what to do with the old one, throw it away? recycle it?

We tried a few things, such as using the fly only as an extension to cover the back of the Suburban when it rains. We considered cutting up sections of it and sewing pieces together to make it useful as a picnic table tent, (or maybe we should just buy a picnic table tent --- so we looked into it and nothing really works the way we wanted.)

After much discussion, we simply decided to keep the old tent and use it as an extra -- and it still fits in the overhead box.

Well, here's what the new camp set up looks like: a living room.  Nice for those times when there is some rain or some bugs and you don't want to hide in the "bedroom" tent. This configuration won't fit in many of the national park campsites though.. drat!


Campsite Expansion

Waiting to see if we need to used the living room --- it eventually poured like hell while we were sleeping. Crazy weather!

Interesting views from inside the tent.

Re-purposed fly ... a bit blurry (it was raining!) but you get the idea ...

Thunderstorm at Grand Teton National Park

The weather changed dramatically in about 1 hour (about 5 o'clock). I grabbed my camera and drove out to Antelope Flats, the Mormon Row and around Kelly, WY.

It was raining in every direction, but I was out taking pictures and never got wet! Lots of lightning, bursts of rain, crazy clouds, wind -- it was great! So I was able to incorporate two things that I love about the west: wildflowers and crazy weather.

And,  2 hours later, the sun was out and blue skies covered the mountains!

Bear with me, there are a few pictures.

Looking south towards Jackson

The Grand Teton buried in clouds and rain.

It is absolutely POURING about 500 yards away.
>>This is becoming my new style... get low and add foreground. When compared to just standing up and taking a picture, this view can be more dramatic.<<

More clouds, more rain

You can see the downbursts of rain

 A barn on the Mormon Row. 

 Looking up the valley

Dark and foreboding

The entire valley over looking the Gros Ventre River (something weird happened to the image.)

View from the Gros Ventre River  (Grow Vaunt)