by Karen on July 14, 2010
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Just a short post to let you all know that we moved on. We left Pathfinder a day early because of the heat and the wind – the wind for two days was much stronger than we liked, it was so strong that you barely felt like being outside. I actually felt my chair move while I was sitting in it!! That is how strong the wind was.
I have several post scheduled to post tomorrow one in the morning and one in the evening but I wanted to share a few photos with you now. (today is the 14th,evening – I know I might be getting some of you confused with some post scheduled to post on days when I wasn’t sure if I would have a signal – cell signal and the internet signal are spotty in the park so I’m not sure if I will be on often or not)
This is a composite of several photos that Mike took to get the whole scene in. The bike path is curved because of the composite.
Shortly after we got in the park this is what we saw:
Both of the above photos are from Mike – my little camera does not have a good zoom for taking distance shots and the one I got of the moose was not good! Luckily I can get them from him pretty fast with computers.
Our campsite has wild roses, and about 4 or 5 other kinds of flowers growing in it.
This is a view from a short walk we took earlier today. We are staying here for 7 days so there will be a lot more of these to post! Hopefully more animals too.
Now I am going to get ready for bed so I can get up early and see if we can spot more animals and plan a hike also. By the way it is supposed to be in the low 30’s tonight and is already down to 51!
by Karen on July 14, 2010
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I always love to see the flowers that grow in the west. So many wildflowers! Some of these are taken in Western Nebraska in the sand hills and some from Wyoming.
A thistle:
Yarrow:
I think these yellow flowers are called “Heartleaf America” but I’m not positive.
I can’t find these blue flowers in my book but they sure are pretty.
A Prickly Pear Cactus in bloom:
I couldn’t find the name for this flower either:
As you can see although we are in the high plains desert there are plenty of wild flowers and plants that grow here – you just have to look for them at times. Almost all of these flower photos were taken around Independence Rock on the mile trail that goes around the base.
by Karen on July 14, 2010
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On the morning of the 12th we both work up early. Mike was up and wandering around taking early morning photos at about 5:30. I couldn’t fall back to sleep so I was up by 6. At about 6:15 AM I took this photo of the sunrise:
It was actually quite calm this AM – by the middle of the morning it was windy and stayed that way all day. Here are some other photo’s of the campground on our drive back in to the park after a day spent out at Independence Rock and then in the town of Casper restocking groceries.
A little hazy but this is the road leading down to the campground and this is the lake with the mountains in the distance – the quality of the photo is not great.
This photo was quite a bit closer so the color is better – my camera doesn’t take distance shots well it seems. Our camper is behind those trees down by the water.
This is what the land looks like leading into the area – very much a sage brush desert type of place. The elevation is about 5,100 feet
On our drive out today (the 12th) we went to an area called “Devils Gate” again this photo is taken from a distance – I will have to see if the settings can be changed so the photo’s come out a little clearer.
