Archive for September, 2009

Grand Tetons

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Grand Tetons in the fog/snow storm.

More Yellowstone

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Geyser and a rainbow, what more could I ask for?

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Better eagle photo today.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Hot water.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Mama moose and her baby in the bushes.

Yellowstone Wildlife

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

After driving most of the day from Glacier to Yellowstone and dealing with a flat tire on the way, we immediately found a pair of bald eagles inside the park.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Coyote hunting for dinner.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Yellowstone, originally uploaded by elishapage.

I’m a big fan of waterfalls.

More Glacier National Park

Monday, September 28th, 2009

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

water falls

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Baring Falls

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Wild Goose Island

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

View from Logan Pass

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Another view from Logan Pass

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Jackson Glacier

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Another view of Wild Goose Island

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Black bear sitting in a berry bush

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Self Portrait

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Dad crossing a stream.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Afterglow outside the park.

Glacier National Park

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Finally made it to the park

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Nice view of the mountains.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

We joked about falling trees when we read this sign on the inside fork road.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

No so funny anymore. We were going to turn around but that minivan had several elderly passengers and would have to drive several hours back on a dirt road to go around the tree.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Old fire damage.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Rocky creek bed.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

A little fall color near a stream.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Pretty light in the evening.

montana glacier national park, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Montana

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Montana, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Islands on Flathead Lake

Miracle of America Museum, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Interesting sculpture at the Miracle of America Museum

Miracle of America Museum, originally uploaded by elishapage.

UFOs at Miracle of America Museum

Prehistoric Bike, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Prehistoric Bike with stone wheels, sheep horn handlebars and an armadillo helmet

Miracle of America Museum, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Trike at Miracle of America Museum, not sure I would want to sit in the front.

IMG00017-20090925-1803.jpg, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Frog Hop fresh hopped ale at Great Northern Brewing Co. in Whitefish.

Spearfish Canyon

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Spearfish Falls, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Spearfish Falls

Spearfish Falls, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Dad at Spearfish Falls

Roughlock Falls, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Roughlock Falls

TV Wall

Monday, September 14th, 2009

TVwall, originally uploaded by elishapage.

I arrived at work today to find our wall of televisions gone. I can no longer watch muted CNN simultaneously on 6 televisions in different shades of color from across the room. What will I do? All that remains are a row of electrical and cable outlets, that and a TV in every pod of the newsroom… I guess I’ll survive.

Fresh Hops

Saturday, September 12th, 2009


hops, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Fresh picked nugget hops to be used in my harvest ale.

World’s Largest Pheasant

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009


worlds largest pheasant, originally uploaded by elishapage.

Took a road trip to Huron, SD today and passed the world’s largest pheasant.