Wyoming 2011

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Monday, July 4

Marty drove us around Idaho and Utah on the Fourth. We started heading west through Soda Springs to see the town of Lava Hot Springs - notable for the river of hot water that has people tubing year round. Then we doubled back and headed down into Utah to see Bear Lake, and through a Logan Canyon. On the way back we headed up through Montpelier back into Wyoming. After dinner, we dug out some fireworks and had a blast (literally) trying not to set the place on fire.

Budding Flower
Budding Flower
I think this is one of the Balsamroot flowers
Bears Bench
Bears Bench
Montpelier Idaho is full of bears
Old Ovid LDS Church
Old Ovid LDS Church
Beautiful old church, or perhaps a school or meetinghouse. Located in a crossroads town outside Montpelier, Idaho.
An Old Cabin
An Old Cabin
Houses in the Hills
Houses in the Hills
Garden City, Utah, overlooking Bear Lake
Garden City and Bear Lake
Garden City and Bear Lake
From the hillside above the town.
Bear Lake Panorama
Bear Lake Panorama
The town of Garden City Utah lies in a valley on the western shore of Bear Lake. This panoramic was stitched from 11 frames taken from the hills overlooking the town.
Soarin'
Soarin'
Two hawks were patrolling the hills above Garden City Utah looking for food.
Beautiful Noxious Weed
Beautiful Noxious Weed
I believe this is a musk thistle, Carduus nutans. Considered an invasive, noxious weed by most of the US because its thorny stems and flowers are inedible to livestock and it competes aggresively with grazing plants.
Blue Wildflower
Blue Wildflower
Looks like a sort of wild Lobelia
Mis-placed Gull
Mis-placed Gull
Near Bear Lake in Utah - a long way from any ocean
Bee on the Blue Flowers
Bee on the Blue Flowers
On the Lobelia plants
Rae Lynn, Marty and Kellie
Rae Lynn, Marty and Kellie
Waiting for me as I hiked out to the switchback in Logan Canyon
Logan Canyon Switchback
Logan Canyon Switchback
Part of a beautiful drive on US 89 between Garden City and Logan, Utah.
River of Logan Canyon
River of Logan Canyon
Looking back towards the road from the switchback in the river.
Ricks Spring
Ricks Spring
This cave is a source of water that feeds into the Logan river. As it turns out, the cave is not a true spring, but is itself fed by the Logan river and and several other lesser streams in the area. The spring runoff was high at this time of the year, and it overflows the boardwalk in the foreground.
Bear Treed at the Laundromat
Bear Treed at the Laundromat
Garden City has bears too
Paris Tabernacle
Paris Tabernacle
Decorated for July 4th, in Paris, Idaho.
Spring Runoff in Montpelier Canyon
Spring Runoff in Montpelier Canyon
Small, unnamed creek in the canyon.
Gracie
Gracie
Rae Lynn's older Jack Russell
Montpelier Reservoir
Montpelier Reservoir
Found in the canyon on our way back toward Wyoming.
Salt River Valley Panoramic
Salt River Valley Panoramic
Salt river range in the Bridger National Forest. Mt Wagner is the high peak. Stitched from 7 source images and tonemapped.
Evening Light on the Greys
Evening Light on the Greys
Star Valley Wyoming, looking north towards Alpine and the mouth of the Greys river.
Sunset on the Wheat Fields
Sunset on the Wheat Fields
Sparkly
Sparkly
July 4th fireworks in the front yard
Wisp of Fire
Wisp of Fire
July 4th fireworks in the front yard
Fire Dancers
Fire Dancers
July 4th fireworks in the front yard
Rae Lynn with Sparkler
Rae Lynn with Sparkler
July 4th fireworks in the front yard
Fireworks from Etna
Fireworks from Etna
July 4th fireworks from the front yard
Marty's Sparkler Trail
Marty's Sparkler Trail
July 4th fireworks from the front yard
Finale
Finale
July 4th fireworks from the front yard
Still Burning...
Still Burning...
Our second try with a mortar that didn't get far enough above the ground before it went off.
GPS Map - July 4th Drive
GPS Map - July 4th Drive
Path of our all-day drive starting in Wyoming, heading west to Idaho, south into Utah, and then back to Etna again.