Wyoming Trip 2008

Towards the end of Summer 2008 we traveled to the northwest corner of Wyoming, a land many have seen images or heard of, however have not traveled to, though millions do each year. The land of Yellowstone National Park & so much more.

How did that get there?

Aw, look at the pretty boy. Yesterday, in between my mad working on Artist Insider and just working out, I took a little time to throw the ball with Tyler. He loved it, best thing ever … his standard response.

After a couple throws, I looked down at his paw and just wondered “How did you get mud only on that one spot on the front of your paw?”

Then I went and got the camera, because I knew I would share this online.

Centennial Geese

We went to Centennial Park in Nashville & found many many geese. Since they mostly live off people feeding them, it was pretty easy to get close and snap pictures.

Summer Brownbag Concert

There was a free concert around lunchtime yesterday & we were there on the grounds of The People’s Church.

We arrived early, purchased some food – because we want to vote with our dollars and encourage more free concerts like this – and found a good place next to the sound tent.

There was an opening act named Article One and they were good. The band has a drummer, guitarist, bass, and violin. The violin made me smile & he was very fun. You know how normally at least one member of a band is really into the show and goes wild? Well with Article One, the craziest was the violinist.

I had my camera there, and instead of taking a bunch of stills, I had to switch to “video” mode and record some shows. (Working on getting those online.).

After the opening act were some announcements, they gave away a Wii, and Mark Stuart spoke on behalf of World Vision. It was neat to see him and his random comments about what all was going on with the former members of Audio Adrenaline.

Then came Superchic[k].

Superchic[k] is a high energy chick band, and has a lot of fun on the stage. They did a few songs from the CD that was officially released today (and available at the merch table that day).

They did play Alive, which they have released for free if you give them an email address.

It was a beautiful day, a little hot, but not too bad – especially when a clowd passed or a brease came along.

In the end, it was a very good concert and day.

Yellowstone Bison

There were lots of groups of Bison all over Yellowstone. There were a few times where we managed to get pretty close to them.

We saw several of those across the river, cross the river.

Yellowstone Elk

We did not see many Elk on this trip, though when someone did it was easy to spot because in Yellowstone if someone sees any wildlife they just stop in the middle of the road.

Reflection of Grand Tetons

Apparently this is one shot that many people attempt. I managed to get it a couple times, once with people kayaking in the water.

We stayed a few nights in the Grand Tetons National Park.

Grand Tetons – Hungry Squirrel

At Inspiration Point we meet a friend; this image is taken with no zoom & I think he wanted to eat my camera.

Grand Tetons – Poser

This midsized animal was just posting away for us and a few other hikers as we come down from Inspiration Point and hiked around the lake.

The Tree & The Grand Tetons

I am not exactly sure why, but at some point an image popped into my head and I could not get it out.

It was of a single tree in this massive mostly flat plains with the Grand Tetons in the distance. So for about two days as we drove around I would look for trees that might fit this image I had so vivid in my head. This is the closest shot I ever got on this trip.

It does not do the best job showing visually how massive this small corner of Wyoming really is. How tall the Grand Tetons are compared to how they look at this distance. Nor, how undeveloped our world really is if all you know is city life.