This summer walk-about has been different from previous ones since we are spending most of our time in Teton Valley, Idaho. An unexpected visitor brought us news that a group of balloonists have been invited to fly over Devil’s Tower National Monument. A couple of phone calls later and we were included on the list….
Tag: Wyoming
Re-visiting photographs
During my first pass through my photographs from this past summer I didn’t even mark this photo to come back to. The initial RAW image didn’t catch my eye with the muted colors and flat tones. As I looked back through the photographs the other day composition did catch my eye and I knew that…
Digital Darkroom
The creation of a photograph has never ended with the push of the shutter. In the days of film the chemical darkroom was the next step with decisions being made about the timing, temperature and mix of chemicals to use for developing the film followed by decisions being made at many points during the printing process….
National Park week starts tomorrow
National Park week starts tomorrow. All 401 National Parks will be waiving their entrance fees for April 22-26th and many will have special programs, check for details at National Park week.
Thermopolis
With a few days free between Wyoming balloon rallies we took the recommendation of the locals and headed up to Thermopolis which is about 50 miles north of Riverton. Thermopolis is famous for two things, first is the world’s largest mineral hot springs and second is their Dinosaur museum. Camping costs are on the high-end but you…
Wyoming balloon rallies
Wyoming has 3 summer rallies back to back weekends starting with Riverton, then Casper and Cody. We attended the Riverton Rendezvous last year and this year added the Casper Balloon Roundup to the list. Unfortunately Riverton’s flights were all cancelled because of unstable and windy conditions for only the second time in the 31 years…
Rounding out the summer balloon rally road trip 2012
Our 5th rally of the summer will be our second time at the Riverton Rendezvous Balloon Rally in Wyoming. It takes place July 20-22 at the Central Wyoming College Athletic Field. The rally has been taking place since 1981 with a great deal of community support. After Riverton we will be attending the Casper, WY and the…
Riverton, WY to Gunnison, CO
We headed south from Riverton, WY to the Yampa river in Colorado and camped at one of Colorado’s overpriced state parks. It did have some nice walking paths but the mosquitoes were so bad that we didn’t walk far. The next day took us into Steamboat Springs for gas and supplies before heading further south…
Riverton Rendezvous
The continuing story and photographs of our month-long road trip. The Wyoming, Riverton Rendezvous was our 4th out of 4 rallies for the trip. The balloon rally was started in 1981 so it was celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with 25 balloon in attendance. The first day was media day and since we weren’t…