Just Call Me Ansel… kidding

OK…OK…I’m no Ansel Adams but I must admit that this picture was totally worth the 8.5 mile hike I took without sufficient water to get it. The sad thing is that this is the view right out of the parking lot and I could have saved myself the trouble if I had just parked a lawn chair and waited for the light to be good.

Live and learn mes amis…live and learn.

Here are some of the other things I learned on my family vacation to Utah and Wyoming this past week.

1.       1. Dinosaur National Monument is a HOT, dry and dusty place.

2.       2. Pinedale Wyoming is less hot but still dusty.

3.       3. The Grand Tetons aren’t called GRAND for nothing.

4.       4. Water+Outdoors+Wyoming=BUGS.  Lots and lots of bugs, the kind that bite through your clothes.

5.       5. Banana Boat Sport sunscreen doesn’t get in your eyes and sting.

6.       6. Going on a hike that has a small elevation gain also means you don’t get that nice downhill help from gravity on the return trip.

7.       7. It feels like there is much less air at 8000 feet than 5000 feet. My husband says I have whimpy lungs.

8.    8. I really NEED air.

9.       9. Chocolate malts are splendid on hot dry days when you’ve been hiking.

10.   10. Beer is also very good after a hike.

 
 
 
 
 

Comments

[Karen]

when were you at the Tetons? It sounds like we have been close to crossing paths at times - we are still on our trip and right now are 40 miles north of Yellowstone and will be there on the 4th to the 11th =
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/

[Digna]

Hi Erin,

Didn't you take Walter along with you? Or is he still in Vienna? :)
Amazing photo's, by the way!

Digna
(The Netherlands, probably the flattest country on earth)

[erinrussek]

Yep
I left Walter in Vienna.
Im still sore from hiking and wishing I lived in the flattest country on earth.
Ive been to the Netherlands and I really loved it.
Hope to go back
Have a nice day
Erin

[Vicki W]

Incredible photos!

[KZ Kryschtal]

Stunning photos!!!

[Jill]

Beautiful photos, looks like you're having a great time. Thanks for sharing!

[Amy Austin]

Beautiful! Check out my pictures of my hike to Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=467565&id=838745611&l=1d6c3a02bb

I'm not a great photographer, but you can't go wrong with material like that! And note to Digna from the Netherlands - I went there a couple of years ago and thought it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been!

Amy

[Mary]

Such gorgeous pictures and all wonderful points to learn!!!

[Linda]

Great pictures.

[Anita Westerveld]

Your photos are amazing.

[Donna Smith]

Your photos are beautiful!

[Sharon]

Thanks for sharing, Grand is definitely the word here! I've been to a few places you photographed, great memories. There are some spectacular sights throughout the US.

[Debbie]

Beautiful!

[Elzaan]

Amazing pictures! What a view! Definitely worth the hiking trip. Thanks for sharing your wonderful pictures.

[Dorien]

Those pictures are so gorgious. Living in a flat country(Holland), with no mountains at all, I can only dream of such sights and I really thank you for taking us with you on this trip!

[Toddy Sumsky]

Wonderful pictures and love your comment. It really looks like you had a great time.

[Eileen Keane]

Very cool photos. What river is that? I've never been in that part of the country.
Think you can use that great pic as the inspiration for a quilt?

[erinrussek]

Thanks
I think its Green River Lake in the Wind River Range in WY. By the time I took this picture I was too tired and thirsty to care.

[mary anne]

that's a very nice escapade you did,my friend..the landscape is amazing. enjoying such views, hiking, and then having a beer..that's a slice of heaven, i say! :)