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June 8 - Discovering Palouse
I'm sitting here in my hotel room late in the evening editing my images from today. This is made all the easier with my bottle of Cotes du Rhone, brie, prosciutto, and Miss Vickies. So my apologies if the photos are somewhat blurry!
This was another ridiculously early departure for sunrise on Steptoe Butte. It was better than yesterday, though not spectacular. The day was spent driving the back roads in search of photo ops, ending with a climb up to Steptoe Butte. Though we had a cloudless day, these clouds seemingly appeared out of nowhere and obscured any chance of sunset light. Here is a selection of my photos from today.
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And now I'm going to polish of that bottle of wine. Cheers!
June 7 - In Palouse Country
Today was our first full day photographing in the Palouse region of Washington. We were up early (ridiculously early at 3:45 a.m.) for the drive to Steptoe Butte, a high hill from which one gets a view of the farmlands. Unfortunately good light was not to be had.
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This is one image that I made from Steptoe Butte.
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A farm near Colfax.
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Part of a collection of old trucks near Endicott.
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Near the town of Palouse.
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An old Hudson parked on the main street of Palouse.
We can no longer be smug about the American electors. First the voters of Toronto elected Rob Ford. Now Ontarians have voted in Doug Ford. So much for the intelligence of those who vote. People of Ontario are as clueless as the Americans. How can we still criticize the Trump supporters?
June 6 - Pullman, Washington
Today we left Belgrade, Montana, driving west on I-90 to Coeur d"Alene, Idaho, and then south, arriving here in Pullman at our reserved hotel. We will spend the next few days photographing the Palouse landscapes, farm fields, old barns, and whatever else we chance upon.
We had three days of fun in Yellowstone. It might have been better if the days had not been so bright and sunny, and if we'd had wildlife encounters. Here is a random selection of images from those long days.
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This is a closeup of a section of Orange Spring Mound, Mammoth Hot Springs.
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Lower Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs.
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Upper Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs.
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Vent along Gibbon River.
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Lower Falls, Yellowstone River.
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Fountain Paint Pots.
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Black bear, near Tower.
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Grand Prismatic Spring.
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Detail of Grand Prismatic Spring.
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Along the slopes of Mount Washburn.
June 5 - Goodbye Yellowstone
We left Yellowstone late this afternoon. We had two long, but productive days photographing in the park. Getting up at dawn and coming back to our room in Gardiner at the end of the day has been exhausting, not to mention all the driving. We are in Belgrade, Montana, tonight. Tomorrow we set out for Pullman, Washington, our trip's destination, to photograph in Palouse Country, with its rolling hills of farmlands.
I will catch up with our Yellowstone adventure in tomorrow's blog. In the meantime, I leave you with one image, a photo of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
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June 4 - Billings to Yellowstone
This post is covering our Sunday travel. I apologize for missing yesterday's posting. I won't bore you with my excuses, but I hope to get caught up tomorrow, after another long day of photographing in Yellowstone today.
On Sunday morning we left Billings and headed to Yellowstone via the north east entrance over the Beartooth Pass. This photo I made in Boyd, Montana, just before Red Lodge. We stopped to photograph an interesting exterior of a shop along the highway.
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This is the owner, Ralph, with Oreo.
After breakfast in Red Lodge, we headed for the pass, which climbs to an altitude of almost 11000 feet at its summit. Here are just two of the photos I made on this drive. The first shows the road in Montana. The second one illustrates why this pass is not open in the winter. This photo of Ward on the road was made in the Wyoming side.
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We entered Yellowstone just after the town of Cooke City, and drove through the Lamar Valley and eventually to Gardiner, Montana, where we had booked rooms for the next two nights. That evening we spent photographing at Mammoth Hot Springs.
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This is one image that I made of selected details of Orange Spring Mound. There numerous others, so this is just one example.
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Our last stop was to photograph some of the terraces of the springs area.