Leaving West Yellowstone we passed through the rather somber location of a 7.5 earthquake in 1959. The resulting rockslide covered a nearby campground. As many as 50 to 60 bodies remain unrecovered, and are memorialized at the visitors’ center constructed on the slide. Earthquake Lake, formed by the backed-up Madison River after the 1959 quake. […]
The Beartooth Highway along the Montana-Wyoming border has been on my bucket list for a few years because of the reported spectacular alpine. It’s also just about the most accessible place to find the Black Rosy-Finch on its summer grounds. We started Day 8 in Red Lodge, MT at daybreak; the landscape was astounding. We […]
By the end of Day 6 we had evaded the predicted severe thunderstorms and made it east to Chimney Rock, one of the most famous landmarks on the Oregon Trail. After a trip to the museum and gift shop we called it a day in preparation for our long haul on Day 7 back west […]
We never called my father’s mother Grandma, Oma, Farmor, or anything but Pearl. Growing up, she helped instill in Jerry a love for the outdoors. The grand-daughter of Colorado pioneer, David Barnes, Pearl’s early life ranged from Cheyenne, WY to Denver, CO and the mountain parks to the west. Having found White-tailed Ptarmigan on the […]
We left our room in Estes Park as daylight began, not wanting to leave too early and to reduce encounters with large animals on the road. We did reach the alpine area along Trail Ridge Road in the National Park a bit before six, and began birding the Medicine Bow Curve right at 6. Our […]
The high plains of Wyoming were our original destination for Roadtrip 2024. However, since we had ticked them in southern Texas earlier this year, we mostly just drove through what looked like lots of good habitat, especially between Casper and Laramie. National Historical Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC), Casper, WY The NHYIC lies on the spot […]
Roadtrip 2024 started as a planned visit to the high plains of Wyoming, where Lorna would be most likely to see her life Mountain Plovers. However, the trip destination evolved into the Colorado alpine after she picked up the plovers on our winter trip to southern Texas. After many failed trips into the alpine of […]
Once in a lifetime; the geomagnetic storm that hit earth on May 10 may go down in history in the top 20 over the last 500 years! The skies came alive not only in mid-latitudes, but also in places such as Puerto Rico and New Caledonia. The aurora was even visible from our East Wenatchee, […]
1. The number of bird species is much less diverse than more temperate locations. In a week your species count will probably not exceed that of a morning in spring back home. 2. Everything in Hawaii costs more. The airfare you paid to get to Hawaii will be negligible compared to the costs to eat, […]
Enjoying the hot summer…
Kloshe Woods 