Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks - 2003
September 2 - 11, 2003
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Linda and I spent a week in and around Yellowstone National Park in early
September 2003. We decided to travel there via Salt Lake City so we could visit
friends in that area. It's a long 5 hour drive from Salt Lake City but it is
manageable. These are a subset of images made on that trip in Yellowstone and
Grand Teton National Parks. At that time I was still shooting slide film. These
are the ones that have been digitized and have been patiently waiting in my
disks to get exposed to the world.
The hints for visiting this area: Stay as long as you can but be sure it’s more
than one day. Rent a room or cabin inside the park so you can enjoy the
beginning and end of the day without having to travel long distances. Be
prepared for damp weather. Stay away from the animals. Travel slowly and get off
the road and do some hiking. Pack a lunch so you can stop and enjoy everything
without having to make a dash to the car.
I have visited these places in the heat of summer along with lots of other
visitors. I have also visited there in the depths of frigid winter when few
people visit. This time in early September was perfect with good temperatures
and mostly only retired people. However, any time of year these places are
absolutely beautiful. Enjoy these images!
A quick story: You can also have some perverted fun with other park visitors. I
was on the search for some fall colors and/or landscape scenes. We were there
too early to experience “fall in the park”. But now and then there were some
hints of fall. We were on the far north side of the park and I had parked the
car and ventured away from the road. Linda remained in the car. I found some
neat trees and grasses with some fall color to make images of. I was very
focused on my compositions and had not noticed additional cars were now stopping
by our car. Soon there were a half dozen or more cars. People scrambling about.
Pretty soon I heard some voices. “What do you see? Is it a bear?” . . . Me: “No,
I’m just making images of the landscape of trees and grasses.” Eventually
someone yelled back to the others: “Nothing to see here.” And I laughed my ass
off. Seems as though they saw me on hands and knees working on images and
thought something good must be happening there. So for the next couple days I
was inclined to simply stop along the road, jump out with camera in hand as if
there was something exciting going on to make images of. I dare you to try it
and see how the other “spectators” react.