We had a great time the weekend of August 15-19 paddling on Shoshone Lake with our canoeing companions.
New life-list species: Burreed, W. Fringed Gentian
Species of note: Golden Eagle eating a deer carcass on HWY 189 N of Kemmerer.
Other Birds:
Raven
Bald Eagle
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Sandhill Crane
Clark’s Nutcracker
Grey Jay
American White Pelican
Spotted Sandpiper
Other Species
Moose
Vole
Beaver
Rabbit
Snake (swimming in the [...]
I hope it is not as hard as this:
When Columbus returned from the New World and proclaimed the earth was round, almost everyone else went right along believing the earth was flat. Then they died — and the next generation grew up believing the world was round. That’s how people change their [...]
I took this image at the SLC Temple grounds on my first WCC field trip in April 2003.
From the draft of my last will & testament:
Article 13: Common disaster: In the event my husband and I shall die as a result of a common disaster, or under such circumstances that it cannot be determined which of us died first, it is my will that, and in such event, my husband [...]
I miss my camera. My N80 has been at the Nikon service center for three weekends. So much for my “roll a week” discipline. The problem had its curiosity factor – the aperture would on occasion refuse to snap back open after a small fstop shot. Annoying, and causing me to [...]
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