Jenny, Shanna, John, and Bill headed to Yellowstone for tea. John had the great idea and the super-thermos. It was a great and yummy idea and we picnicked and drank tea above the Gibbon River. John and Bill picked up a variety of cheese and meats the week before at the Amish store Apple Creek … More Yellowstone, May 28th
Shanna and I took a plane to Texas on Saturday the 13th. We stayed for a week and while most of the trip was spent with family. Melinda and I were able to steal some time to go birding, Shanna too for one trip. My parent’s dome house sits in front of pond with a … More Jenny is Birding in Texas
BRMBR = Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, the place I do the most birding. Shanna and I went to Spanish Fork for a family gathering. We arrived at our hotel late on Friday night because I had an all day library conference in Idaho Falls (it was great) so we didn’t leave Pocatello till almost … More BRMBR May 6, 2017
Somewhat early (8:00 am) in the morning we left Pocatello heading North to Yellowstone. Our first photography stop was for the Tetons. They are amazing and all the rain we’ve been having had cleansed the air of every bit of dust. We stopped for a bit of shopping at West Yellowstone and probably, for the … More Yellowstone for Earth Day 2017
The rodeos were fantastic and I am getting better at using the camera. I’m still on auto too much of the time, but I’m keeping the horse and rider in frame. This is basically a post of my favorite photos…. Barrel racing (Bailey) Blue sky barrel racer (Remi) Rescue Run is a game where … More College Rodeo – Grand Junction CO
The last rodeo of the season was held in Grand Junction Colorado. This nice long drive was going to give me opportunities to use the new camera some more and to see new things. I plotted my route carefully with the help of Roadtrippers.com. After work on Thursday I headed south. I was hoping to … More On the Way to Grand Junction CO
For the past six weeks I have been spending almost every weekend at a rodeo. I am … what is the word for following or going with your sports team… in league with, a fan of, supporter, booster… Well, whatever the term, I’m attending the rodeos at which the Idaho State University Rodeo team is … More There but not Here
We (John, Bill, Shanna, Jenny) left Pocatello in the afternoon and arrived in SLC early enough to checking at the hotel and get in a bit of shopping. The Edinbugh Castle Scottish Imports seemed innocuous enough for me, after all this was a shop on John’s priority list. Two hats later it was my most … More Alton Brown Concert Weekend
I drove to the refuge because the rain had stopped. There was water over the road in one spot, like a puddle. If I had been driving something more low to the ground I wouldn’t have chanced it. I got really lucky and the refuge was open, they closed it again the next day. Something … More Bear River Refuge in March
RODEO March 24-25 Weber State University Friday afternoon I drove to Brigham City and checked into my hotel. I chose Brigham City because it is Bear River Migratory Bird refuge adjacent. The waters had receded and it was finally open. But before birds I had a rodeo to shoot with my new camera. I … More College Rodeo – Ogden UT
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