Lost Glacier Photos- Found!

Glacier photos are found! Amy and I went up to Glacier in June...and I actually got around to downloading the photos.
Element shot in the woods....

Me...
Fuzzy picture of Amy
Gorge
Rocks.

Yellowstone

drove up from L.A. to Montana a few weeks back now, and we stopped at many a place (Zion, Jackson Hole, Yellowstone). By the time we got to Yellowstone we were both tuckered out, and I was getting ill from eating a cinnamon bun that had probably stayed under a hot-light too long at a hotel breakfast buffet. But we still managed to have a good time tromping around. Here area few pictures of Yellowstone.

Castle Geyser always erupts when we show up... (n=2). Doesn't Amy look cute?

Here she is being cute again.

Castle Geyser - with orange pools in front.

Old faithful- always a fun one.

Elk- we heard the elk bugle, it is an eerie high pitch call- very spooky unreal sounding.

The buffalo were pretty much just sitting around munching...

Bubble Bubble
Amy - walking along the path with her purse...in case a buffalo charges...get it...
Yellowstone river.
The forest around Yellowstone

Extremeophiles living in the hot mineral rich water flowing out of geysers had great colors. Orange

Brown and little purple bean shaped guys.


This one reminded me of orange and vanilla ice cream cups. Remember those?

Very Large Camp Fires in Montana

(Not Tim or Amy Pictured)
Every few days here in Helena, I get a campfire smell blowing through my window. It reminds me of the summer trips the McGee clan would make out to Yellowstone. So, it is with fond memories that I drift off to sleep- smoke and ash blowing through my apartment- and I realize I'm enjoying the burning landscape. I realize not everyone can be so romantic about the forest fires...but for the most part they are a part of the summer landscape here in the Rocky Mountains. The most local fire to Helena is the Meriwether fire- From our newspaper this morning.

"The lightning-caused Meriwether fire began July 21 and has burned nearly 43,000 acres in the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area and remains 75 percent contained."

Early forecasts said the fire would likely burn until September- part and parcel of mountain living.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms are fun. Walking through the woods, the little buggers blend in- but with a big camera they take on a whole new life.

Trains to Great Places

My little sister has a good grasp of "the funny" (see her blog here). My older sister has a good grasp of the absurdity of babies (see her blog here)...together I think we have some good old sibling blog rivalry showing up. Which reminds me- check out www.brotherhood2.com. I see Evan waiting to enter the fray of the vlog war.

Ok-back to me- I have been trying to get out hiking a few times a week. I figure along with my yoga, and walking to work- the exercise would be a good balance for my newfound snickerdoodle obsession. The bakery here in Helena, Park Ave Bakery, is probably the best thing in town...a very close second (maybe first) is the Black Foot Brewery. You can have delicious baked goods and beer at my place anytime.

Today's picture is from a hike I took a few months back- in Glacier National Park...This train travels from the Puget Sound where I grew up, to the National Park...where I was hiking. A few weeks before this I met a man who spent his youth on this very train, traveling through the rockies and cascades as a guide to train passengers.

Where in the world is Tim&Amy?

We are all over the place- this is from San Jacinto- Amy is still in School, and I'm in Montana these days. We try and meet up as much as possible.

Robo

Robo passed away last night. He will be missed.

Alpaca Fever

Haha- We caught Alpaca fever a while back. A very nice (will remain anon) Alpaca farm asked us if we wanted to volunteer. (they must have seen the big 'suckers' stickers we put on our foreheads). We readily agreed to running around a dirty barn wrangling Alpaca's- it was fun.

Big Eye Alpaca

Obilan

Amy