grizzly encounter
Traveling North of 60 … We used a guide service to help us find the best wildlife shots in Yellowstone, and yesterday’s excursion came with a great grizzly encounter. Our guide spotted a grizzly sow and her two yearling cubs on a hillside to the front and high above us. They were just small dots […]
chasing chislers and red dogs
We are at Grand Teton National Park on another photography outing. It is still early in the season, but the key spots are crowded with the very many trying to get the usual shots. We headed to Mormon Row this morning to check sunrise at the Moulton barns, and there were maybe 60 or so […]
musings on moose
Our January ramblings in Grand Teton National Park have been somewhat limited because many of the roads are closed for winter. We wondered before we came if there would be enough to occupy our time for the 10 days that we would be here, but we have so much enjoyed going back to the same […]
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 […]
BIG BIRDS OF BOTSWANA
Bird fans! Before our Africa trip disappears into the rearview mirror, I wanted to include some posts of our feathered friends. Yes, we went to Africa to see the elephants, hippos, giraffes and other exotic mammals but the wide variety of bird life proved to be fascinating as well. The images below are from Chobe […]
HLUHLUWE-MFOLOZI PARK GAME DRIVE
We are 8 days into our Africa adventure and today (May 7th) finds us rolling out for an early game drive in the Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park. This is the oldest game park in Africa which has its roots at the hunting preserve of Zulu Kings. We started the day with some sprinkles and the park was […]
