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My brother, Eightball, is driving across country from California to New York State, relocating for a new job, and he stopped in Yellowstone, yesterday. I like this photo not for it's photographic qualities, but for the fact it gives such a good sense of space and season, and that it's current in my brother's life. Also including his letter. Why? Well, why the heck not. It's my journal, it can be my scrapbook sometimes, too. :)
While going through Yellowstone National Park I got to see the legendary 'old Faithful' and other active geological features (which I confess, were more interesting than I thought they would be)
Seeing those things just reminds me that the earth is a living planet,...always in change and even tomorrow it will be different than it is today.
But what captivated my attention was the wildlife.
It was a fantastic example of living in the moment.
I was walking on a path and thought I was alone, then something moved out of the bushes and suddenly I was 35 feet from the biggest Elk I had ever seen!
I went for a short hike up the mountain and realized the exact same thing could happen but this time it could be a Grizzly Bear preparing for winter. So I cut the hike short.
Yesterday I was leaving the park and on the way out I stopped to look at what some people were staring at. I was rewarded by seeing the first wolf pack of my life.
At first they were just very distant specks moving in the tall sage grass accross the river. As I kept watching I could make out more of them. My camera only has a 30x lens and it didn't help me much at that distance.
they were moving down the river and farther away from me, so I got in the car and drove along the road. Found a closer lookout point and took a few more clicks with the camera which were as equally useless as the first ones.
They were still moving and I got back in the car and got to an even closer lookout, (this time I could start to make out their shapes better)
They all stopped and started howling together for reasons unknown to me but it was that unmistakable lonesome call that everyone knows.
While going through Yellowstone National Park I got to see the legendary 'old Faithful' and other active geological features (which I confess, were more interesting than I thought they would be)
Seeing those things just reminds me that the earth is a living planet,...always in change and even tomorrow it will be different than it is today.
But what captivated my attention was the wildlife.
It was a fantastic example of living in the moment.
I was walking on a path and thought I was alone, then something moved out of the bushes and suddenly I was 35 feet from the biggest Elk I had ever seen!
I went for a short hike up the mountain and realized the exact same thing could happen but this time it could be a Grizzly Bear preparing for winter. So I cut the hike short.
Yesterday I was leaving the park and on the way out I stopped to look at what some people were staring at. I was rewarded by seeing the first wolf pack of my life.
At first they were just very distant specks moving in the tall sage grass accross the river. As I kept watching I could make out more of them. My camera only has a 30x lens and it didn't help me much at that distance.
they were moving down the river and farther away from me, so I got in the car and drove along the road. Found a closer lookout point and took a few more clicks with the camera which were as equally useless as the first ones.
They were still moving and I got back in the car and got to an even closer lookout, (this time I could start to make out their shapes better)
They all stopped and started howling together for reasons unknown to me but it was that unmistakable lonesome call that everyone knows.