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Due to popular demand, I’ve posted the remaining pictures to Flickr. You can view the entire trip collection here:
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I drove out to Jackson Hole directly, in one very long day. I thought the experience would be akin to ripping off the band-aid. Getting out of Dodge and quickly beginning my vacation. I wanted to take my time driving back, exploring places and meeting people.
I’ve been here three days, and I’ve seen three seasons in the parks. Monday saw clear skies and warm weather. Tuesday saw rain and cool autumn temperatures. Today, snow!
Gus and I had an early start today, driving early to Yellowstone. Just north of the Grand Teton/Yellowstone southern entrance we encountered strong snow in the mountains. [...]
Yellowstone is about 80 miles north of Jackson. After grabbing a hearty breakfast and caffeine for the road, I headed out.
Morning seems to be the best time for wildlife and photographs. The air is still, frost covers the plants, and animals are beginning the migration back to the safety of the woods. Near the Moran [...]
Gus the MSH (Mighty Squirrel Hunter) needs to study. When I mentioned we were going to see ‘Bullwinkle’s’, he clearly mistook this for ‘Rocky’s’. That seems inconsequential until you’re surrounded by 10 Bullwinkles in the evening with a barking Schnauzer. But before I get too far…
Elk Reserve
I left before dawn to drive to Grand Teton, [...]
Beyond Cheyenne is Rawlins, after which is a surreal scape leading to Landler. High Plains Drifter meets Total Recall. You reach the crest of a hill, and look down into a valley 10 miles wide and 30 miles long seeing only road and scrub brush.
The trip so far can be isolated into stages. Omaha to Ogalalla was very agrarian with rolling hills of grain. Once West of Ogalalla, you enter ranch land. Think miles of rolling sand covered with tan colored scrub grass. I have never been through this part of the country when the grass wasn’t a dried [...]
I started out this morning from Omaha, heading West on Interstate 80. Despite a dreary, overcast sky with frequent rain I’ve made good time through Nebraska. Had a nice chat with John, who runs a gas station in Paxton, Nebraska. John said I had snow to look forward to in Cheyenne. Guess we’ll see how much [...]
Took the company jet to Naperville for meetings this week. Gotta say, very nice. Not so much the plane – it flies like all other planes – but everything else. I pulled up 20 feet from the front door of the hangar, which is a comfortable waiting room with wood floors, soft leather chairs, and [...]
Some people think of Fall as an ending, as the predecessor for Winter. Plants die, animals going into hibernation, the eventual shift from warmth to cold. I love Fall. It’s the culmination of everything in nature, with all colors of the spectrum coming together in a visual tapestry. The rich saturation of color in the [...]
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