Trail Rides to Gros Venture and Sawtooth Wilderness areas

Sunset behind my house

More of the Sunset

Turquoise Lake in the Gros Venture Wilderness Area

It is a 32 mile round trip from the trailhead

It rained on us during the night.  The clouds are slowly

rising and the day begins to clear

My youngest daughter and riding companion

Doing what I love to do.

Packing up and ready to ride another 16 miles

One of my grandchildren's 3rd Birthday landed

between trailrides

She gets her wish I think

My oldest daughter and her friend ( riding companions)

in the Sawtooth Wilderness.  We rode 58 miles in 4 days.

Fern Falls on the So. Fork of the Payette

Elk Lake on the Payette

Ardeth Lake in the Sawtooths.  We met a Wilderness Ranger

here.  She had been backpacking on her patrol for a few days.

We had an extra T-Bone steak which she accepted to eat with us.

She even took a picture of it first because she said no one would

believe she got to eat steak in the back country.

Ingeborg Lake in the Sawtooths

Stream going over a gigantic smooth rock

Horses enjoying a rest for the night and good grass.

Grass is hard to come by in a lot of the Wilderness Area

Bear Claw marks about 6 feet up a tree.  Notice the gloved

fingers to give a size reference.

Me doing what I love best.

Boy Scout 100 miler and Idaho Falls Air show

100 miler--Lunch at the "Big Tree"

Me on the 2nd day--no worse for wear

Rhet bringing up the pack horse

10 Boys and the Scout Master

2 miles on top of  the mountain's back--We had to watch for lightening storms--this was one of the ones that caused 16 rescues and one death  from the Grand Teton last Wednesday.

One top on the mountain, walking through the clouds.

End of the Hike!  Notice whose carrying the back packs?

My Grandchildren in a transport helicopter

Inside a C-130

Blue Angels--incredible!!!

More Incredible!!!

My favorite photo of the Air Show!!!

May and June 2010 pics

Zach at Old Faithful blowing her top in the back ground. His eyes were open when I started to take the picture.

 Tristan at Old Failthful.  Bev and I decided to give Mark and Mindy a little break and went to Yellowstone Park.

Evie at Old Faithful

Oh, Home on the Range!!!

Second trail ride of the season.  This is up Rocky Canyon off of Medicine Lodge (Idaho).  There are thousands of these giant "geodes" on the side of the canyon.  You could actually crawl into this one.

My twin brother Keith and riding companion for the day. 

Me behind a rock "rifle pit" on the rim of Medicine Lodge Canyon.  The Army had sent scouts to watch the canyon from here.  Chief Joseph and his tribe were headed to Dubois on his way to Yellowstone, then on to Canada.  The Army didn't know which mountain pass they would use to get to Dubois.  Hence, the scouts overlooking Medicine Lodge.  They fortified their position  with rock walls and "pits"  A bit of local history from the 1870's.

Kit behind another fortification.

Bev and I went to Boston for a Veterinary meeting.  The is a picture of an old church from our hotel room.

Waiting to board a ship for a Boston Harbor dinner cruise.

Out on the Harbor.  Should have taken the picture with the city skyline in the background.  Oh well.

Neat old 17th century cemetery.  Mother Goose is buried here.

Paul Revere's Grave

Inside the church that held the lantern for Paul Revere's ride.  One if by land, two if by sea.  Or is it the other way around?

Bev at Old Ironsides (made out of Oak)  One of America's first battle ships.

Pictures from April and May 2010

Maren feeding Trigger

Brooklyn riding "horse"

Maren riding "horse"

Trigger under the Wind Generators

They've grown a bit, haven't they!

Pepper and Trigger

Bev with the colts

Another bird watching trip from my Bedroom. This is an Osprey.

Another bird watching trip from my bedroom

  

Memorial Day Weather

More Weather

Lewis River Falls in Yellowstone National Park just below Lewis Lake

Bev and I at the Falls