Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!
My first stop on the trip was in Boise to attend some professional...
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Moose on the loose!
Well, not really. It's in a zoo enclosure too but this was one of the few...
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...For Amber Waves of Grain...
Driving toward Spokane from Boise, there were mile after mile of these wheat...
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Spokane River Park
The Spokane River runs through the heart of downtown Spokane and has...
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Pig Out time!
By good fortune, a local festival called "Pig Out in the Park"...
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Tina dishes it up!
The Mexican food was not the only thing hot and spicy in the park that day.
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Couer D'Alene Lake
In the Idaho panhandle, Couer D'Alene and Lake Pond Oreille are...
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Theodore Rooselevelt National Park
Driving across northern Montana, it was not possible to get decent photos...
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Badlands formations
There are not many of these along the road but I did find a few.
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Prairie Dog
Thre were quite a lot of prairie dog towns in both TRNP and in...
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Heads Up!
I'm sure we've all seen photos of this monument but I never...
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By George, I think he's got it.
For me, this profile of Washington is as impressive as the full monument is.
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Bison near Mt. Rushmore
There were buffalo in many places throught the trip. Like the hundreds of...
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Devil's Tower
There is a local rumor going around that this is not a geologic formation at...
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Your author at Devil's Tower
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Downtown Deadwood
Like many of the old mining towns, Deadwood has a history. I suppose...
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Final rest for James Butler Hickok
Wild Bill is at rest in Mt. Moriah Cemetery on a hill above Deadwood....
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Hickok's historic marker
This and the next marker are placed on a wall at the side of...
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Calamity Jane's historic marker
By all accounts, Calamity Jane had a few good points but mostly she was a...
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Deadwood's Main Street
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Deadwood hookers cribs
Apparently, like Amsterdam, during it heyday, Deadwood put its ladies of the...
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Deadwood hookers crib
Up close and personal!
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Saloon Number 10
This creatively named watering hole is the place where Wild Bill bit...
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Custer's Last Stand battle area
Custer and his immediate command died on this spot. I have never...
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Reno's retreat
Meanwhile, another part of the command under Major Marcus Reno...
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Little Bighorn mass grave marker
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Crow Indian ponies
The Little Bighorn Battlefield sits astride what is now the Crow Tribal...
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Buffalo Bill Historic Center
Cody made his home in and around Cody, Wyoming for many years and this...
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Chief Joseph Scenic Byway
This photo, taken from Dead Indian Point, looks down across Wyoming...
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Yellowstone Lake
By the time I reached Yellowstone Park, I was beginning to run short...
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Beryl Hot Spring
Just one of hundreds of geothermal sites in Yellowstone.
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Bison herd
This is not the largest herd of Bison I saw but it was the only large group I...
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Big brute!
I'm not as close to him as the picture makes it appear. Telephoto...
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Jenny Lake at Grand Teton NP
For most of my time in GTNP, the clouds hung low and obscured much of the...
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Black Birch Lookout at Bryce Canyon
Since my son and his family live in the Bryce Canyon area I visit often and I...
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Sunset Point Lookout
It's hard to get a sense of the magnitude of the place from a photograph....
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Your author at Jackson Lake in GTNP
Until this trip, I had not had very good luck photographing the Grand Tetons....
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Elk herd near Mammoth Hot Springs
In Yellowstone, you are almost guaranteed to see wildlife. The two...
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Painted Buffalo herd
West Yellowstone had, for many years, herds of bison that roamed the...
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Bison on the Madison River
As my previous report detailed, there are bison all over the park, sometimes...
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Black bear near Tower Falls
This is not a great photo but it is the only bear I have ever seen in...
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Atop Mt. Washburn
As you can see, there was still a lot of snow left in the mountains....
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Wolf or Coyote?
I was really excited to see and photograph this critter. He was about...
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