Crow Buffalo Hunt Montana

I got to go on a buffalo hunt a few weeks ago. I made a video, but need to redo it and use a better editing software. Still was pretty fun to be able to fly in on a helicopter and fly out over Yellowtail Dam/Bighorn Canyon.

Yellowstone Park

Wow, It's been a long time since I have posted any photo's here!

This past weekend, my wife and I decided to take a trip to Yellowstone Park for the weekend. As we were preparing to leave, we both started getting a pretty nasty cold(Not fun), and I'm still recovering!

We left home Friday morning and got up to Gardiner, MT. With both of us being pretty sick, we didn't get to do much exploring over the weekend, So most of these photo's are from the drivers seat.

First thing, we walked around the Terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs.

 After the terraces, we decided to drive a little ways into the park towards Lamar Valley, but didn't go very far because we were both getting hungry for dinner. On the way back we came across many traffic jams from Buffalo, This one wanted to play a game of chicken!

 We got stuck behind these Buffalo for probably 45 minutes as they were going the same direction as us and they wouldn't get off the road!

We finally got back to the Hotel, and Started cooking dinner, While dinner was cooking, I decided to drive up towards the old mining town of Jardine. I found this cool little frozen over pond with this structure on the edge of it. I have no clue what the building was for, but it was pretty cool!

 The next day we decided to drive into the Lamar valley, we both still were under the weather and didn't feel like getting up early so I'm sure we missed lot's of wildlife. Needless to say we of course got stuck behind more buffalo in the road!

We didn't get out much either on this drive since there wasn't much going on. We ended up driving all the way to Cooke City, just to town around and drive back. Here is a shot while driving to Cooke City.

One the way back to Gardiner, we came across this coyote. We actually saw him the day before also, but didn't get many good photo's of him. He didn't seem bothered at all that he was getting passed by cars. We saw him in almost the same places both days.

 And Last, but not least a shot of the Roosevelt arch before we left the park for the weekend.

It wasn't the most eventful week in the park, but was nice to get away with my wife and spend some quality time before the little guy comes! Thanks for looking and maybe I will get better at updating this.....but I can't make any promises!

Glacier Park and Flathead Lake

My wife and I were able to go visit my Dad this weekend while he is working in Kalispell this weekend! Luckily my wife was up for my dragging her around to take lots of photo's (even though she wasn't feeling that great most of the time)!

The condo where my dad is staying is awesome and has lakefront property which is a pretty nice view!

This is Flathead Lake, Not exactly out of his condo, but you get the idea of how pretty it is!

This is actually the public park about a block down from his condo.

Was able to get a few good sunrise photo's even though it was smokey and kept getting worse

the longer we were there.

This was looking down from Logan Pass visitor center in Glacier to give you an idea on how bad the smoke was.

(Going to the sun road was closed at the top because of construction, so it took us a long

time in the car to get around to the St. Mary side of the park.)

We got to do a little hiking on the Lake McDonald side of the Park, which was easy but got us some 

great things to see.

Avalanche Creek

Lake McDonald

Besides the sore throat from all the smoke, it was a good time hanging out with Family and getting 

explore part of the state that I haven't been to before. I can't wait to get back up there!

 The bottom of the Going to the Sun Road next to Lake McDonald.

 Near Somers, MT on Flathead Lake.

I will probably post more photo's once I get time to go over more of them.

Thanks for looking!

John

Hiking 26 Miles the end of this month!

I'm getting ready to hike 26 Miles at the end of this month. So hopefully I will get lot's of great backcountry photo's! The East Rosebud trail that I'm hiking is one of the most beautiful places I have been, so I'm excited to go back there and get some nice photo's! I did the hike several years ago before I had a real camera. So this time I should have better photo's when I come back.

Here are some from last time I hiked it!

Headed to Hawaii Next week!

Just a few photo's from previous trips to Hawaii!

 Somewhere new Laie, HI.

 Byodo-In Temple Kaneohe, HI. 

 My wife enjoying Thai food at Haleiwa Eats in Haleiwa, HI.

The coast line near Hanauma Bay!

I hope to have lot's of new photo's from this trip next week! 

Early Morning

A few from the early morning this morning!

Out and About

Had a chance to drive around and snap a few photo's the other day. Nothing great, but it feels nice

to get out and take random photo's.

 This was a cool clearing in the clouds over the Beartooths, Not sure what I was doing with

my camera, but still kinda cool in an old fashion photo way.

This is just a photo of downtown from the rims, it makes downtown look pretty small!

I hope to get out in the morning and get a few sunrise photo's. Hopefully tomorrow will show 

the results of that adventure.