Tuesday, April 12, 2011

NPS 3: Roadside Tranquility

Day one... packed up the Sentra & hit the open road... Montana bound!

Oh wait... dude, where's my wallet?

In typical lori fashion, I left it in the KFC/Pizza Hut/Whatever-placed-we-stopped-at's bathroom. So, instead of a quick Day One drive to Montana, dma and I spent Day One of NPS 3 backtracking to the Tri-Cities. OH MY!!! Well, we made the best of things & had a nice drive around the Palouse. Or maybe I took these while I was blissfully unaware of my lost wallet when I took these pictures? Or maybe these were taken the *next* day, after my lost wallet was safe & sound? (note to self... stop being so vague & edit in a timely manner, damn it! 7 1/2 months is too long!)

So, anyway, sometime back in August, on the way to Yellowstone for NPS 3, DMA and I stopped at this spot to take some pics. (Thats my little Sentra.... aaaah yeah). I was captivated by these whispy weeds...
Tranquil, yes?


Along the way, we also stopped at Palouse Falls. I took a few pictures of the nearby flora and fauna (insectna?)



We also found a random, side of the road cemetary. We stopped in for a stroll & to pay our respects. The line of trees in the photo below outline the perimeter of the cemetary.


I think it was the *next* day that we made it to Yellowstone. We found a lookout that was a bit overgrown, but had some cool artifacts!! (can you hear the wind whistling? Old West style...)


The picture of the stream below is still in progress. This is what I have so far, but I am a little bit stumped on how I want to edit it. So far, I have only cropped in & removed a few dust spots. Hmmm, we'll see if I stumble upon some inspiration soon!


And our final destination: the Yellowsone Canyon. We arrived just at sunset & ended up car camping in the parking lot. It was cold, bitterly bitterly cold, but the morning sunrise was completly worth it. Hopefully I will be able to edit those soon, too!

Thanks for taking a look! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods ;)

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