Friday after work I knew I was tired, but I thought I’d still like to attend the IMPRA rodeo. After all, last year’s was awesome. So I put on my boots, grabbed my camera and hat and headed to the fairgrounds. What I saw of the rodeo was great, but the loudspeaker was loud and … More IMPRA 2017
8/20/2017 I ended up taking two different (and both shorter) photography trips today. The first one early in the morning with John, Bill, and Shanna, and the second with Regina, Katrina, and Bill. Adorable least chipmunk Shanna spotted this little guy scampering on the rocks. River and bridge Nature stacked this basalt Horses Fence post … More Photography outing 2 & 3
8/19/2017 There we are with our camp all set up for the Eclipse. In a stunning location near the south fork of the Snake River and the Caribou-Targhee national forest. So with sunset still 3 hours away Raven, Bill, and I load up in my car to go exploring and take a few pictures. It … More Photography outing
My friends from California (Bruce, Raven, Ellen) found a campsite for us to watch the Eclipse almost a year ago. It really was an wonderful choice. Aspen Grove Inn https://www.aspengroveinn.com/ near Heise hot springs just outside of Ririe ID. Some of us got there on Saturday, with others showing up throughout the day on Sunday. … More Camping for the Eclipse
8/7/2017 today we stuck close to Coeur d’Alene and began our day at the North Idaho College campus which has a wonderful walking/running trail alongside the lake. Here was a tree full of nuthatches and a lake full of ring billed gulls. Okay, so not a lot of bird species but I haven’t seen pygmy … More Birding Lake Coeur d’Alene
8/6/2017 Arlene knew of a wildlife refuge nearby. In my search for places to bird I hadn’t even thought about crossing the border into Washington. I’m really glad she knew of the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, because it was AMAZING. As we approached the refuge we drove over this bridge with ponds on both sides. … More Birding Turnbull NWR
8/5/2017 Arlene’s parents live in Post Falls so it was very convenient to meet up there after my conference and go a birding. On our first adventure we drove around Hayden Lake, Farragut state park, Round Lake, and environs. Shaded creek Osprey An … More Birding North of Coeur d’Alene
The Pacific Northwest Library Association conference was held at Post Falls this year, and I was lucky enough to be able to attend. This conference usually has really interesting speakers. It isn’t a huge conference so you can get to know people and do some real networking too. It also takes place in some gorgeous … More Post Falls for PNLA
Melinda and I birded our way around Grays Lake in June and got to see many wonderful things including a very scruffy red fox, a running carpet that turned out to be a badger and lots of birds. Mammals: 1 Uinta ground squirrel 2 Least chipmunks 3 Red foxes 4 Badger 5 Cotton tail bunny … More Time Travel: June 20 2016
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