Winter in Yellowstone National Park
The Cycle of Life You have probably all seen “Yellowstone National Park in winter” videos or pictures. Until a couple of years ago, I just could not imagine visiting here during January/February cold and snowy conditions, but we did, and now we are hooked on the beauty of the season, and we have enjoyed the […]
The Nursery Rocks of Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley
Rocks of granite deposited by glaciers in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park by glaciers, are called glacial erratics, and serve as nursery rocks to Douglas fir trees.
grizzly 399 and bear jams
Traveling north of sixty … Grizzly 399 was born 25 years ago in the Pilgrim Creek Area of Grand Teton National Park and is older than usual for a grizzly bear. She was given her name as a research number by the Yellowstone Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team. I understand that this particular grizzly is […]
THIS IS NOT THE BARN YOU SEEK
There is a particular barn in Grand Teton National Park that is widely photographed and I figured that I wanted to have my own crack at it. The photographic Web site Flickr calls the Thomas Alma (T.A.) Moulton Barn the most photographed barn in the world – but who knew that there are two Moulton […]
Montana and Wyoming
Thanks to some Delta Skymiles, we find ourselves in Montana, with a base of operations in Bozeman. This turned out to be the easiest of hops from Knoxville with a 6:45 departure, then one hour and 50 minutes to Minneapolis with just 50 steps to the next gate. We barely had enough time for coffee […]
