Steve at Lassen
Sulfur works are bubbling behind him on this old volcano.
Steaming and bubbling
Lassen National Park.
Steve reaching for a photo
This cauldron bubbles noisily, but you can't see into it. And can't quite get a view with a camera.
Steaming Lassen
Laika eating snow
This was her first intro to snow, but it wouldn't be the last.
Friday night dinner
Trout and corn on the cob. We did a good job on it, too!
Steve fixing dinner
Trout chef
With handy tiny flashlight!
Deer or Antelope?
We found a carcass along 395 when we stopped to watch a coyote.
Coyote with the cows
Along 395...the cows were unconcerned.
A stop along 395
Camping is unrestricted on pubic lands
When you're traveling with an editor, no typo escapes notice.
Juniper Berries (I think)
On the road again
On the road again
Likely Cemetery
Likely, California has various funny site names, but this is the best.
Steve
Dis is boring!
Coyote near Malhuer National Wildlife Refuge
From the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge visitors center
Another view, thru polarized sunglasses
Taxidermy
The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters features a museum of taxidermied fauna (including eggs!). They were really nicely done and beautifully presented.
Raptor Case
Another view of the museum room
The drawers that are open contain eggs, nests, and study skins.
Laika of the West
I think this stop was called Buena Vista; and it was a very pretty view.
Fantastic Colors
Steve and Laika
All Ears
More posing
More Ears
Looking the other way.
Golden Eagle
Steve spotted a pair of these on the cliffs. One took off before I could get the camera set up on the scope. This is my first attempt at digiscoping with the new Fuji camera; need to work on focus, but the results are much better than my previous camera.
Golden Eagle
Steve
Yellow and white
We started running into snow on this loop. I thought the yellow,gray, and white pallete here was really pretty and unusual. Birches or Aspen? Dunno.
Hey it's snow!
Eventually we turned back; the snow was too deep and we weren't sure how great the risk was or how much further we had to go. But on the way back down, we stopped at a little turnout to play in the snow.
More photo ops
This way!
That way!
Home on the Range
The color of this cow was so pretty against the blue sky, and I really liked her face. But I wasn't able to get the photo just the way I wanted it, so it comes out just looking like a cow alongside of the road.
More cows
LIke the sunbeams in this anyhow.
Falconry Exhibit
At the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.
Falconry Exhibit
At the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.
Breeding Status Board
At the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.
Predator-safe Nest Platform
At the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.
Harpy Eagle
At the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.
Raptor Conservationists
At the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.
Snake River Canyon
Swan Falls Dam
Rockhouse Coffee
A welcome site passing thru Jordan Valley, OR.
Young Cowboy
Expert Photography Technique
Clouds
Thunder Mountain Monument Info SIgn
Thunder Mountain Monument
Thunder Mountain Monument
Thunder Mountain Monument
Steve at Thunder Mountain Monument
Have a road treat
Snow just west of Reno, NV
Home yet?
This is near Petaluma, and she knows we're getting close to home but that we've passed the Petaluma dog park.