So this last week seemed busier than most. I worked, saw the new Harry Potter flick, drove to Wyoming, and then drove to Highland, UT and back home again. I got to see the Teton mountains, Yellowstone, and a concert with John Schmidt, Peter Breinholt and Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband. The picture here of the Tetons - I'm not sure which peaks, but I think Grand Teton and Mount Owen. There's a fair chance I'm wrong, though. Jenna might be able to identify them. She was our tour guide on the trip because she was the only one out of our trio that had been there before.
I learned on this trip that tourists are kinda dumb. While on our way through the Tetons we saw a black bear. It was just strolling through the trees toward the road. There were people everywhere trying to take photos of it and they kept stepping just a little closer. Some were less than 10 yards from it. I was on the far edge of the crowd. I am quite satisfied with my picture using the zoom on my camera and knowing that if the bear had attacked I wasn't in target distance. This was true all through Yellowstone as well, people everywhere approaching bison, elk, coyotes. It's like saying, "Hey! Over here! I'll bug you with my camera flash and you can stab me with your magnificent antlers!"
This is the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. I'd post the Old Faithful video, but I'm not sure how to do that yet. We saw this just before sunset. It was absolutely amazing to see. It is a shame that more people don't witness the wild beauty that the National Park System has to offer. Sure, they get thousands of visitors every season, and so do many other parks, but how many people can say they've seen bison swim the Yellowstone River? Or hiked Angel's Landing in Zion National Park? How many have seen Delicate Arch in person or eaten the fruit from Capitol Reef? Ah, well, I expect I'll have more to say on this later.
So this last week seemed busier than most. I worked, saw the new Harry Potter flick, drove to Wyoming, and then drove to Highland, UT and back home again. I got to see the Teton mountains, Yellowstone, and a concert with John Schmidt, Peter Breinholt and Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband. The picture here of the Tetons - I'm not sure which peaks, but I think Grand Teton and Mount Owen. There's a fair chance I'm wrong, though. Jenna might be able to identify them. She was our tour guide on the trip because she was the only one out of our trio that had been there before.
I learned on this trip that tourists are kinda dumb. While on our way through the Tetons we saw a black bear. It was just strolling through the trees toward the road. There were people everywhere trying to take photos of it and they kept stepping just a little closer. Some were less than 10 yards from it. I was on the far edge of the crowd. I am quite satisfied with my picture using the zoom on my camera and knowing that if the bear had attacked I wasn't in target distance. This was true all through Yellowstone as well, people everywhere approaching bison, elk, coyotes. It's like saying, "Hey! Over here! I'll bug you with my camera flash and you can stab me with your magnificent antlers!"
This is the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. I'd post the Old Faithful video, but I'm not sure how to do that yet. We saw this just before sunset. It was absolutely amazing to see. It is a shame that more people don't witness the wild beauty that the National Park System has to offer. Sure, they get thousands of visitors every season, and so do many other parks, but how many people can say they've seen bison swim the Yellowstone River? Or hiked Angel's Landing in Zion National Park? How many have seen Delicate Arch in person or eaten the fruit from Capitol Reef? Ah, well, I expect I'll have more to say on this later.
