Saturday, November 5, 2011

heading into the high desert of nevada


down town virginia city, nevada


the mckay mansion


a pretty blue bird


a high view of virginia city


one of the mansions on millionaire row


some of the old trucks around town


one of the many head frames all over the area


lake tahoe

you know how i like water falls


heading into san francisco tomorrow
no real plans other that to visit rose marie's aunt

Monday, September 26, 2011

my doctor would be proud



looking down into the canyon
from the south side


from the south side of the canyon

the view from the bottom of
uncle tom's trail of the
lower falls


some of the 385 stairs leading down
uncle tom's trail and yes
i walked all of them plus the trail
going down to the stairs

bambi along the road

some of the fall foliage coming back
where the fires were years ago

the tower falls from the bottom
seems as though the trail was closed
and what the hell, i thought the other
shoes would be dry by the time
we got back to the camp ground
a long trail that had been washed out
for some time, i wondered across the
river 4 times before i got past the bad
part of the trail.


some mountain sheep between tower falls
and mammoth hot springs
and by the way the snow posts in the park
leave dents in new trucks

Saturday, September 24, 2011

just a day out wandering


sunset at mammoth from last night

a willow swamp


enlarge this photo and see
if you see any future problem


i wondered around for about half an
hour trying to get the photos of the
beaver dam, trying not to get my feet
wet, them decided what the hell
my shoes will dry.


the water seems to be clean up here
these rocks are actually under
about 8 inches of water


i finally found the beaver dam
resourceful little guy


the pond behind the dam

our first day in yellowstone

not as much wild life as we expected












but we hope you enjoy what we saw