When Ethel and I arrived in the Grand Tetons, it was early spring. Snow still covered much of the area which caused most of the roads to be closed. The only grassy areas of the park were in the lower elevations which concentrated all the animals into the fields. Looking over the herd of elk and bison...
The alarm went off sharply at 06:00, waking me from a wonderful dream. It was a dream where I traveled around in a camper van I built while photographing some of America’s most impressive critters. Just kidding, it was no dream at all! My alarm woke me right into that great life I was living, and I...
Low in the mountain valley, the river slowly winds its way through the pass, gradually cutting its own trail. In this section of the river, there seemed a comical amount of cutbacks and directional changes of the water’s passage. I have never seen anything of the sort. So plentiful were the curves and turns, it seemed...
After spending many days far off the beaten path on forest service roads, my arrival to Gardiner Montana was a much-anticipated event. It was going to have all the amenities! A paved road, a restaurant, even a bathroom that wasn’t a tree. I was excited for the comforts but wasn’t exactly wielding high hopes for great wildlife...
Few things bring people together faster than living in a car. The conversation goes like this.
Person 1: “Where you do live?”
Person 2: “I live in my car.”
Person 1: “That’s great! You wanna drink some beer and go climbing later?”
Person 2: “Sweet! Yeah. I’ve got some green too, so we are all set.”
My incessant pestering of my friends, Ashley and Jason, had finally paid off and we were on our way to Hurricane Ridge to play in the snow. They had been avoiding this journey for a month. Often their reasons were things like, “it’s cold,” and, “there’s snow.” But my persistence really wore them down, and my friends decided to...
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