A stop at Barney Hot Springs to soak my tired feet from hunting rocks and hiking most of the day was a needed break from driving as I enjoyed the 85-degree water lapping on my dirty feet. While relaxing, I noticed flashes of orange in the deeper water, so I took some of the bread […]
At the LeHardys Rapids in Yellowstone Park, I observed a small dark gray bird that appeared to be pecking a hole in a rock out in the Yellowstone River. As I got closer, I saw the bird was killing a Yellowstone cutthroat trout fingerling. Before I could get a picture of it, the bird fed […]
As I was trying to sneak up on a herd of elk through some very tall sagebrush, I heard a slight noise behind the thick brush to my left. I paused, then all heck broke loose. I had walked into the middle of about a dozen young bulls that began running helter-skelter through the thicket. […]
The habit of collecting rocks can become an obsession for some and what do you do with all the rocks you collect, purchase, or need to get out of the house? You join a rock club and sell your excess items at its annual membership sale. The Idaho Falls Gem and Mineral Society (IFGMS) will […]
The berry bushes were high enough to hide a small black bear near the parking lot at Tower in Yellowstone National Park last Monday as it gorged itself preparing for winter. Only occasionally did the crowd of people catch a glimpse of it as it fed — only the movement from the brush gave away […]