Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Thursday Thirteen #62 -- Not Purple, but Mountains Majesty
Hard to believe it's been three weeks since I turned off the computers and headed west. Seems a lot longer than that.
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1. There is something about the mountains out there that really tugs at me. Heck, any mountains, even the foothills of the Appalachians that I live in. This was taken in the Lamar Valley, where a new wolf pack is trying to establish itself. They call the pack the Silver Pack.  2. Another shot from the same spot. Yes, I had a hard time concentrating on the wolves in the spotting scopes. After all, the wolves were laying around and there was all this magnificence around me.  3. The final shot from this same area.  4. This was taken on our way back from lunch, when we stopped to see what the Druid Peak Pack was up to. They were hanging out on the hillside; the two who had been playing earlier had stopped for a nap. The pack's alpha female was wandering around, checking on everyone. A bit earlier, an interloper had shown up and a scuffle had ensued; the interloper was laying in a hollow, wounded. We don't know how seriously.  5. This is shot from the top of the terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs. Yep, that's a hot spring in the foreground.  6. Another one from Mammoth.  7. In the foreground is the (snow-covered) famed Minerva Terrace. In the background... mountains.  8. Yup, Mammoth.  9. And more Mammoth. See the boardwalk? Parts of it ended mysteriously where the springs have overtaken the boardwalk. But that's another TT.  10. ...and more.  11. I spent an hour in the lobby of the Mammoth Hot Springs resort with my MP3 player, watching the sun rise over the mountains. Every now and then, I'd run outside with my camera to get a shot. This is my favorite of the shots I got. We won't speculate if I got it that time I was in such a rush that I jammed my arm into my coat and got outside to find... my coat was upside down. Well, at least only one arm was in it.  12. Crap. I picked this one earlier today and now I don't remember where it's from. I took it along the ride from Mammoth down to Canyon, over to the Lake, and off to Old Faithful. That's the long way around, but it was worth it.  13. Same problem. And you wonder why I am ready to have copies printed and to spend the time putting the pictures into my scrapbooks?  |
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These are gorgeous! I'm glad more is still to come! I forget what kind of camera you have -- it' excellent.
SusieJ, ADHD Remedies
SusieJ, ADHD Remedies
# posted by 
: January 16, 2008 7:34 PM
: January 16, 2008 7:34 PM 
Susie, I have a Nikon D50 with some lens my dad put on it. The Tour Manager has an Olympus point-and-shoot. He gets nice stuff, but I've really noticed the difference between our cameras.
Mammoth is beautiful. Great photos & I love the way the sun hits the snow. (Thanks for visiting my TT)
Awesome pics....I love hearing about your vacation:) Happy TT and thanks for stopping by. Its always great to see you.
Great pictures! Must have been hard to pick the thirteen!
Have you read the Loop by Nicholas Evans? It's about a wolf pack, after your trip, you may enjoy it.
Have you read the Loop by Nicholas Evans? It's about a wolf pack, after your trip, you may enjoy it.
Yep, I've read The Loop. Good book. Very powerful -- especially when you see pictures of the skulls and whatnot that were part of the initial eradication.
Gosh these are beautiful. You really did a nice job Susan. Amazing that you saw the wolves. Wolf sightings are almost rarer than Bigfoot sightings. When we were on the Colorado Trail we only heard them... not saw them
Happy TT!
Happy TT!
Great pictures Susan! and welcome back -- always great to settle on in after a lovely break, no?
Glad you're back safe and sound -- !
Glad you're back safe and sound -- !
So beautiful.
I'm really glad to read that you've noticed a difference between your two cameras, since we're about to upgrade from a Canon point and shoot to the Nikon D40. (We've bought it and it's been delivered to my parents' house, but we won't actually get our hands on it until they come back for another visit this spring. And yes, I'm quite impatient.)
I'm really glad to read that you've noticed a difference between your two cameras, since we're about to upgrade from a Canon point and shoot to the Nikon D40. (We've bought it and it's been delivered to my parents' house, but we won't actually get our hands on it until they come back for another visit this spring. And yes, I'm quite impatient.)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You know I'm all about the pictures and the virtual trips and these are beautiful. :)
You know I'm all about the pictures and the virtual trips and these are beautiful. :)
# posted by : January 17, 2008 5:53 AM
: January 17, 2008 5:53 AM
How beautiful! (And as I dislike snow, that's really saying something!)
# posted by : January 17, 2008 6:07 AM
: January 17, 2008 6:07 AM
I love mountains too. I think in life there are valley people, mountain people and ocean people. I spent a lot of years being a mountain person in an ocean world.
Have you ever been to Yellowstone in the summer? Just wondering if you have similar pics in a differnt season.
Have you ever been to Yellowstone in the summer? Just wondering if you have similar pics in a differnt season.
These ARE lovely photos. I've never seen Yellowstone at any time of year other than summer ... so I've enjoyed these and will look forward to more when they come.
Hugs and blessings,
Hugs and blessings,
I Am dying to go out West, to Alberta and take a trip with my sister in law down to Montana.
so beautiful out there.
so beautiful out there.
serendipitous timing: I'm currently reading a book that involves a relocated wolf pack, so you first pictures fit really well. They're all gorgeous.
Love the photos. I love to travel, AND I do photography - so really enjoyed your TT-13.
Happy TT-13!
Smiles,
Holly
http://theabundanceplace.com
Happy TT-13!
Smiles,
Holly
http://theabundanceplace.com
As someone who spent a good chunk of her like in WV looking at the mountains, I can say there is no beauty like them.
# posted by : January 17, 2008 11:42 AM
: January 17, 2008 11:42 AM
Yup, definitely going to have to get to Yellow Stone one of these days. Those pictures are just gorgeous!
#6, one of the ones from Mammoth, is my favorite shot. LOVE how the sun peeks through to give it a natural spotlight effect. But your dash-out-for-the-sunset one is awesome, too. Thanks for posting more gorgeous pictures, Susan!
My family did Yellowstone when I was about 11 and I have not been back since. Really gorgeous country.
Those are a beautiful, breath-taking photos! Love them all. I enjoy reading your travelogue of the trip too :) Are you even afraid of the wolves? *grin*
Happy TTs - I hope you've a good Thursday
Julia-Yen
Happy TTs - I hope you've a good Thursday
Julia-Yen
Such a beautiful place! I can't believe I've never been there! Happy TT!
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# posted by : January 17, 2008 3:26 PM
: January 17, 2008 3:26 PM
those are awesome! your vacation sounds like a photographer's dream.
BTW, I posted an update about the cat we lost in Canada on our drive to Alaska.
BTW, I posted an update about the cat we lost in Canada on our drive to Alaska.
Sounds like you had a wonderful trip. I love wolves and find them so intriguing. My only wish is I could have clicked on the pics to enlarge them the better to admire them!
Thanks for voting for me. I will do the same.
Thanks for voting for me. I will do the same.
actually... I don't find the badge anywhere? let me know where it is and I'll come back to vote as promised.
*sigh*... swoooon... *sigh*... swoon...
Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing. :)
Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing. :)
# posted by : January 17, 2008 11:53 PM
: January 17, 2008 11:53 PM
gasp. breathtaking pictures.
sounds like you had a grand time.
thanks for visiting pictures of my room makeover
sounds like you had a grand time.
thanks for visiting pictures of my room makeover
The background surrounding #4 takes me back to my days of watching "Safari" on the Discovery Channel. I look forward to hearing the story about the boardwalk that ends mysteriously.
Thos photos are wonderful. That looks like such an awesome place. That is defintiely somewhere I wnat to see with my own eyes. Thanks for sharing these :)
Michele sent me over this time and I am gald she did as it gave me an excuse to go back adn read this post :)
Michele sent me over this time and I am gald she did as it gave me an excuse to go back adn read this post :)
wow those are great photos!! thanks for showing me your site... definately play photo show it, got some nice ones there to post for last weeks 'ambient light'
# posted by : January 19, 2008 2:45 PM
: January 19, 2008 2:45 PM
#5 and 8 are breathtaking. I would hang those photos in my home. Well, any of them, but I like 5 and 8 the best. Awesome!
Those are breathtakingly gorgeous. I always feel a relaxing sort of relief when looking at mountains. Like, phew, I am not in charge of worrying about the whole world, or even my little piece of it. I am just one little tiny speck.
Really? I go the other way and worry about how I can fix the damage we've done and preserve what's there.
LOL, that's true. But I was more thinking of all the stuff I worry about that's not in my control, you know? Not the world as in the parts I can do something about, but my little world where I'm worrying about this stupid little thing or that stupid little thing that's sending my blood pressure soaring, LOL.
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