A Day with Palmers (and a Bear)

Saturday June 14, 2014 Mom and I were asked to photograph the

Cheyenne Palmer's family. We went up and 

spent basically the entire day with them and had a great time.

When we started to photograph them we decided to start withe

the grandchildren first so we would be able to do it before they got tired. 

That almost worked but still had a couple that didn't really want to cooperate.

While working with them one of the men noticed the bear on the mountain 

and that kind of helped a bit in getting the children into a photo mood.

We were trying to help them see the bear.

Later in the afternoon two of Cheyenne's brothers decided

 to go up onto the side of the hill and see if we could get a

 comparison of them to the the size of the bear. 

We did not get to exactly where the bear had been 

but came close enough that I found some of the vegetation 

that matched and could adjust image sizes to be fairly accurate 

to the actual size.

But I just had to have a little more fun with the image.

How often do we hike through the mountains and 

come this close to wildlife without even noticing?

Well probably all the time with lizards and chipmunks

but I doubt it would ever happen with a bear.

Free Fishing Day June 7, 2014

Free Fishing Day means LOTS and LOTS of people

and very few fish.

But I will take the ducks, not too many of them.

Dad was helping get the new pole rigged.

The Seagull decided to take advantage of free fishing as well.

How does a fish that size fit into the belly of the gull?

The kids decided to join mom and dad at the rest stop.

A little local grass on the edge of the pond.

Three of the group that came with us had been there long enough. 

When this one was finally able to cast in his line. 

Local wildlife 

Ben decided the deck had an advantage.

And our little friend decided the fish were probably biting over where we were.

Sam was learning how to cast, but like a lot of newbies got the tree twice.

It looks like he has the patience of a fisherman.

 Kinda.

Getting bored. 

And we left, while dad was telling Sam 

why he was never a fisherman either. 

You gotta know how.

Father's and Sons 2014

I went with my son and grandson's to their Father's and Son's campout. It was hot to start with and during the night got pretty cold next to the river where we were in the campsite.

This was the view just 30 yards from our tents.

As if it wasn't hot enough we had to start a fire to cook our tin foil dinners and deserts.

Some of the men and boys got some fishing time in but I don't think any fish were caught.

Unwrapping the first desert, marshmellows and chocolate chips in a 

waffle cone warmed inn the fire.

First sampler said it was pretty good. 

The camp was not complete without the trains blowing their 

horns less than a 100 yard from camp. 

There was a road that they had to blow their horns for that led into camp.

Some boy time.

Partial moon and beautiful sunset clouds.

Our tent colony.

The next morning was clear and crisp including the frost on the bench. 

There were also three elk having breakfast above us on the hill. 

Some of the scenery near camp.

Looks like these two elk were playing hide and seek.

More fishing, same results, unless they caught some after we left.