Colorado River Below Canyons

Camping at Dead Horse Point State Park and Trip Update

The Colorado River winding its way into Canyonlands National Park. Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah

First of all, this one is not from this current trip, but a past trip to the Moab, Utah area at one of my favorite relatively unknown locations, Dead Horse Point State Park. With Arches and Canyonlands National Parks right next door, it’s often easy to overlook a state park.… Keep reading...

Cow Moose and Calf Nuzzling Noses

Moose and Calf Kissing in Grand Teton National Park

A cow moose nuzzling her nose against her calf’s as they stand in a pond. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

This is probably going to be my last post before leaving on my four-week road trip around the west. While the black bears along Moose-Wilson Road weren’t out, this cow moose and her calf were just up the road.… Keep reading...

Black Bear Cub Eating Berries

Black Bear Cub Up a Tree Eating Berries

Black Bear Cub Eating Berries

Another shot from the other day with the bears along Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park. One of the two cubs was a little more ambitious than the others and would repeatedly climb up a small tree of river hawthorn berries to get a better angle when the mother wasn’t pulling the branches down.… Keep reading...

Black Bear Cub Standing

Black Bear Cub Standing Upright

Black Bear Cub Standing

One of my favorite shots of the bears has to be this one of a black bear cub and sow standing up. The other day I met up with some other local photographer friends who were patiently waiting for the bears to make yet another return along Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park.… Keep reading...

Fall Colors at Oxbow Bend

Fall Colors at Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park

Fall Colors at Oxbow Bend

Yesterday I was hoping for a dramatic sunrise over the fall colors at Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park. I was a little disappointed not just in the amount of photographers lined along the water’s edge, but also in an overcast sky that eventually brought some more heavy snowfall. Before the snow started to fall again, I headed just east of Oxbow Bend to the next pullout to get away from the crowds and get what turned out to be, in my opinion, a much more scenic shot of the area.… Keep reading...