Most people who visit our "backyard" come during spring or summer and don't get to see the grandeur of the Tetons in winter. To me, it's the best time of year to witness these majestic mountains in person. I love finding splashes of color against the snowy white background. Whether it's bright red berries... Or …
I happened to look out the window last night just in time to see them silhouetted against the sunset way off in the distance and I knew right away from their outline that these weren't cranes or herons or ducks or geese. My beautiful trumpeter swans seem to have followed me back home. 🙂 Flock …
I was hoping to see some elk and moose this trip, and I did as you can see in my last post, but I think my favorite photos I took are of the trumpeter swans. I just love them so much! We started seeing them just a couple miles from the house in the aptly …
Continue reading Adventures in Photography: More Grand Teton Swans
Last week we spent a couple of days celebrating our anniversary over the mountains in Jackson Hole. We treated ourselves to a fireside room at the Jackson Hole Lodge, dinner at the Four Seasons, did a bit of antique shopping and of course drove up into the park where I was able to get quite …
Continue reading Adventures in Photography: Grand Teton Wildlife
One of the places we stopped along the way is the spring on Gros Ventre road, just outside of the town of Kelly which is north of Jackson at the edge of Grand Teton National Park. It only gets to around 80F so technically it's not a "hot" spring. The ducks seem to love it …
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