Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Glacier National Park






Pic 1: Here we are at Avalanche Lake
Pic 2: With friends Louise and Dean at Logan Pass where the Continental Divide slices thru Glacier.
Pic 3: Magnificent Hidden Lake at Logan: Pass.
Pic 4: Going-to-the-sun Road.
Pic 5: The view from the Many Glaciers Lodge at sunset.

Yellowstone






Pic 1: Living in the wide open spaces - on the road between Great Falls and Bozeman Montana.
Pic 2: The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Pic 3: Old Faithful.
Pic 4: Grand Geyser put on a spectacular show.
Pic 5: Waiting for that geyser to blow.

Yellowstone -2



Hot springs with magnificent colors caused by minerals and heat and acid loving bacteria called thermophiles.

Grand Teton National Park




Pic 1: The Snake River
Pic 2: The Grand Teton
Pic 3: Our intrepid fisherwoman at it again. Alas, a live catch will have to await a future outing. But you sure can't be the scenery.

Wildlife






Pic 1: Mountain goat in Glacier NP.
Pic 2: Buffalo in Yellowstone NP. This one probably weighs around 2,000 pounds.
Pic 3: Bighorn sheep in Glacier NP.
Pic 4: A herd of pronghorn in eastern Wyoming.
Pic 5: Moose in Grand Teton NP.

Wildlife - 2


Pic 1: Elk at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone
Pic 2: Well, not really a wild elk. This is at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, a great museum located next to the National Elk Reserve and just down the road from the Grand Tetons.

Cody, Wyoming


Pic 1: Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Really 5 museums in one. We went thru the Buffalo Bill Museum, the natural history museum and the western art museum, all of which were excellent.
Pic 2: Calamity Jane performs for the crowd. We saw newspaper clippings of the real Calamity Jane. This actress was a great likeness.