More lake shots, Job starts next week

I'm only a couple of days away from heading up though Grand Tetons, Yellowstone on to Gardiner, Mt to collect my work clothes and get the info on where I'll be staying and all that. I'm not ready mentally for working it's not been on my list of things to do for a while now. LOL!

On another note here is a couple of photo's of the Teewinot Peak on the Grand Teton's, I grabbed another fellow photo taker and took him to this spot to see what we could come up with and I'll be darn it was a beautiful night and the sky show us a little color and the lake was calm as could be....

Teewinot peak and String Lake

This lake was flat as a pancake, the wind was blowing all day and didn't feel like it was going to calm down for the evening like it does in Minnesota Ha! But that's ok because it did and made me smile..... This lake is String Lake right by Jenny Lake if any of you have been around this lake it has many very cool views but only a little time to do it when the lighting is good or else you run from place to place to make your time count but not me I stand there and say that there is always another night to come and practice my art ......Ha! Ha!

Darkness coming down

Then the day before I had the idea to hike to Bradley Lake to see what it held for opportunities, it was a nice hike but no animals this morning and I started earlier than the last time I went up to Taggart Lake, it was a longer hike and an cooler morning but the sun was shining and it made up for the coolness along with my wearing heavier clothes....

Bradley Lake with Clouds

Enough of the picture show for today, hope you enjoy the views and we'll talk again when I get established in Yellowstone Park for the summer can't wait ... but will.

Hiking to the Taggart Lake area

The weather has been getting nice here finally and there telling me that they haven't seen the weather this nice ever! So! I love it! since leaving St George Ut and getting welcomed here with snow and cold, funny? huh!

I've been getting out and hiking a bit since the nice weather and I'm out of shape but it will come back fast, I hope! I went to Taggart Lake a couple of times in the last couple of weeks when the weather was good enough, the first day I went it was a cool hike but you know how hikes are you can stay pretty warm with all the movement that you get to do.

Yesterday the hike was really interesting I went up the night before so that I would not have to drive up in the darkness of the morning hours and have to be aware of the migrating animals (don't want to hit one of those might change my life a bit) so got up and had my coffee and cereal at 4:30 am (takes me a while to get going) started up the path at 6:30 and the sun was coming up with a few clouds to make my day nice and interesting. Wandered around a corner and ran into a mama Moose and her yearling the darn young moose was standing right in the path so that I couldn't and wouldn't go that way don't even want to make mama mad, the yearling was looking like I did in the morning before I had my coffee, eyes closed and half a sleep.

Which way do you go?
Figuring out that the best way around the little guy was to go up and around and keep out of their way so that I don't get myself trampled to death. Once around them I ran into a small herd of Elk the were just standing there like the Little Moose looking at me to see what I was going to do, well I just stood there looking at them (staring match!) didn't get any photos of them they were a ways away from me so I enjoyed the view and continued onward to the lake. The path to the lake went through some trees from an old burn that was regrowing and there was snow to hike across to get to the lake.

Taggart Lake mirror finish!   
Well, then the hike out saw a couple of marmots and butterfly's, the world is waking up from its sleepy winter, I've been told that the bears are out so was really on the alert for them don't even want to see one on less I'm a ways away...
So My friends Take care talk to you again soon.

The Grand Tetons once again

Got some colors in this one ... Finally got my check and now I have a full tank of gas and I'm out and about in the Tetons. It's been raining so it's been OK to be indoors waiting for the weather to get better, one day nice two day's not so nice well, just wait 5 minutes and the weather will change again :) .... and there calling for snow and cold for the next couple of days with one nice day on the weekend but that might change also.

I still love this place, the trees in Jackson have just started popping, getting leaves really fast but the greens in the Tetons area aren't starting yet, did see some small flowers tho. But the mountains they say are 95% of there usual snow pack, hope so the fire hazard here is still high.




Albright Turnout


My new camera isn't getting the colors right there darker Oh well! I'll figure that out soon but these are the first from the camera and so it will take some time to get it right so for now here you are..... maybe it just the colors are flat not much there?




Glacier Turnout, cool view!


Then on toward Jackson Lake to see if the ice is off the lake yet, I'm sure it is but it's a nice drive and the rain is all around but not falling on me yet. The main road to Jenny Lake is closed, there letting the bicycle people have a few days of no vehicle traffic and they have the park open for free so everyone is walking or riding. I might on Saturday go and take a walk to somewhere :) and get my old legs working before I have to begin to work.




Elk Flat turnout


Had the chance to see many animals out this way the Buffalo, Elk where off afar but you could see them feeding and wandering around, saw many Hawks, Osprey and Crows of course.... Then off and away to Jackson Lake.... here goes!




Jackson Lake


Well that's all folk's
Till next time have fun enjoy life, and love your neighbors... Ha!

On the Road again, Back in Jackson Wy, loving it!

Well, I'm on the road again! It feels good I have a job in Yellowstone again and it starts the 1st of June, so I'm a little early. I wanted to come for the flower show that the Tetons has at this time of the year with the animals wandering around also. It will be a fun time since I have never been here during this time of the year or in the spring.
I haven't gone up into the park yet because I have to wait for my money so that I can put gas in the beast, she did really well coming up here not a belch or a blip on the way.


 I have been wanting to take my camera out and take some photos so today I did, got up early and went downtown it was nice because there weren't any people or cars in the way to make what I wanted to do unmanageable.

The Old Million Dollar Bar!

Coming into Jackson I was treated to a great veiw of some Elk on the side of a hill, the sun wasn't being real good to me but just as I saw the Elk the sun shone on them making there hide shine bright tan with there necks that are a dark main, it really stood out. Around the next curve I was treated to a bunch of Mountain Goats laying on the side of the hill below the cliffs with a small kid in the mists of them. I didn't get the chance to take photo's because the hwy was right there and it was a bustling with cars.


Then I spent time going around the town seeing what I could take photo's of I had fun! Many subjects to photo so got busy doing so....

Then on to some other funny looking buildings that were cool to me.

Some more this is just to get you all interested in my blog once again cuzz I have been away from blabbing for so long that I don't believe that your all around any more :)

These are all small because I don't want to put them in my Website and then upload them to this blog, it makes more work and these aren't that exciting, next week things will be going back to my old way of blogging....

That's the last one so that I don't bore you to death and I promise that in the next week I will have a better selection of photo's, so Take care all my friends.... Till we meet again!

Zion and the Easter weekend mistake!

I'm not in tune with the days I guess! I'm on my way toward my job in Yellowstone that begins on June 1st (little early still) but think I need the extra time make sure that the beast (truck) will hull me up there without some unforeseen problem. Well, now back to the thinking about not being in tune with my day's I started out on Friday thinking that I would just roll over to Zion NP and enjoy the park for a while but didn't even think about it being Easter weekend, now you know why I'm not in tune with my day's, this being retired has me not thinking about the days anymore and time fly's bye.

Temple of Sinawaava (some green's)





The park was full as could be but the nice thing is that the buses were out and I didn't have to spend the gas money to drive up to the Temple of Sinawava, the trees are starting to bloom and the color of the leaves are that rich bright green that only comes at this time of year. The local animals were out in force I had the chance to see the wild turkey's, Deer and a Silver Fox along with some India, China, Eastern Baltic's, Italian's, Etc. with a sprinkle of Americans. Well, you get the drift.

The sky was really hazy and not too clear but
Blues, Greens, Reds and Tans





I'm not going to put many photo's up this time cuzz I don't feel that it was a good trip photographically for me the sky was hazy and the dust from the winds that were blowing made the sky not look that great (to me).
One of my favorite places here is up on the top of the hwy going toward Bryce Canyon NP it's called the Checkerboard Mesa area there is much to be photographed here, I could spend a week up there wandering around but the clouds have to be in play ... So it goes.

Another nice view





Well, that's it for this time and I hope to get going getting my Blog up and running the way I like it to be so it's summer coming and I will be in Yellowstone Lake area this year so get ready to see some other sites and have more fun, again!

Take Care
Lynn

Valley Of Fire SP again

I got an itch to go a wandering so pick myself up and headed toward Nevada and the fun little State Park called Valley of Fire and once you get there you can understand why they call it that it is the reddest place that I have ever seen, a deep rich red.

In the morning I slept in cuss the clouds were hanging around and it looked like they were going to go away in a while, so I hung out and took it easy. The clouds broke and the sky turned blue with some nice looking clouds. I went around the corner to a rock arch called by the same name but opposite like Arch Rock.... well you get my meaning any way don't you?

Arch Rock





It is a beautiful arch with a do not climb on rock sign which I didn't climb on the arch but got close so that I got a nice shot of the arch, the sun was high and kind of bright since I was late getting up to take photo's of it.

Balanced Rock cool huh!





This one I was driving bye and noticed how balanced it really was and wanted a photo in case some day it's not living up to it's balance any more, good thing that this area doesn't get much in the rain department because it might make it slip off the top. I do know that the wind will blow like the dickens here so that might make it slip off one of these days also. But I have a photo any-who so, I don't want it to go because its so cool.

Another View of this see how balanced it is?





Then I went to another arch that is one that I haven't wanted to take photo's of because its so close to the road and there are many people always crawling around it and its just darn hard to get a good shot the road comes into view often but that's the things that you just have to deal with. So here it is.

Elephant Rock arch, nice huh!





Then I had to go up the road to the top of this park there are many interesting places to wander around and I love the colors of the rock formations, there is a place called the Wave which has become popular because of the way it is, its a wavy colorful rock formation that is surrounded by more of the same. People by the droves come to see this formation.

Wave Rock, Gotta love nature!





Well I have more but will save them for another time and place, it was nice to get out of doors and be apart of something bigger than I am, well most everything is bigger than I am.
Take care, Friends
Talk later.

Ahh! Finally off to the Virgin River Gorge in Arizona

Finally got away from the city of St George, UT and moved down to the city of Mesquite NV along the way down I ended in the Virgin River Gorge, it is a small strip of land between St George and Mesquite that is owned by Arizona and it is absolutely beautiful one of the few places around which has Joshua Trees that are protected against us Ha!
Joshua Tree (background out-of-focus)




The camping here is wild, it offers some hiking with trails that you follow, however they all go down to the Virgin River, that is not the place I needed to go, I wanted to go over the river towards opposite side to wander around all of the JT's on that side (always want things I can't have) they looked awesome together with the mountains all-around. I want to and may next time stop on the road farther, to have a much better view of the mountain ranges inside canyon.

As the sun went down the colors came out





I am going up through the Gorge again over the following week. I have been down here helping my brother-in-law with getting his printer to link to his computers for his work. He's computer illiterate and tries but it results in more trouble than he is able to get himself out from.... And so I love to work with computers and it is fun to help someone out.

Now for some blabbing I have been thinking of wandering toward many of the places where I have been to before. I'll probably head on down toward Las Vegas first stopping in the Valley of Fire SP in NV then go back to St George then head of toward Page, Az then towards places that I have been hoping to get to for a year now, that's White Sands National Park in New Mexico.

That place will probably be fun, so on the way, there are many places to discover that I am gonna fill this blog space nearly the top, I can not wait, so follow along and keep commenting and we'll talk at you later.

Last one but it was the first one....





I went around and around this poor Joshua Tree and took photo's from a number of spots with so many different moods, because the sun went down the colors got better, far better. My only regret was I didn't hang around till the next morning to have the sun coming up with it's morning view, but I was tired I wanted to sleep, so did that and then moved down the road.

Well My friends that visit my blog thank you for coming around
Goodnight