this is springtime in minneapolis
a winter wonderland that i was not expecting.

plus the end of the exposed film.  oops.

glenwood springs, frisco and copper mountain on film.
(from a thriftshop camera that i didn't know how to operate. i definitely exposed the film, but i kinda like when that happens!)

i miss colorado already.  hope to be back there in the fall, but the best laid plans of mice and men...

copper mountain is closed for the season, and i'm back in minneapolis for a minute, after a rocky roadtrip from colorado.  we pulled into laramie, wyoming just as they were closing all roads out of laramie for dangerous winter weather.  and so it was that we spent a day in a pool hall in wyoming, and in a geology museum and then a bowling alley, and then took tequila shots and played baseball trivia at an applebees, and overstayed our welcome in the hotel pool.  we drove another whole day in unpleasant winter storms and only made it to des moines, where we ate chinese takeout in a motel 6.  finally back in minnesota, i say to you: stay the hell outta wyoming.

these photos are from the street in Cody, from the last time i was stranded in wyoming.

i leave yellowstone tomorrow.  my summer in wonderland is over, and i'm saying goodbye for quite a while i think.  the next time i'm in yellowstone, i want to be a traveler instead of a xanTerrorist, and i want to backpack into the interior and climb electric peak and sit down and drink coffee in a restaurant instead of serving it.  dream big.

i'm embarking on a little roadtrip tomorrow, and in just three days i'll be sitting on sister's couch in southern illinois, drinking wine and petting the nephew cat.  and then minneapolis.  and then puerto rico. 

tomorrow my life is starting all over again.  again.    

(from storm point)

the old faithful inn closes tomorrow.
i am soon unemployed and set free.
i just have to deep clean a restaurant
before adventure time.

yellowstone lake

roosevevelt lodge 

cabinlife on film 

the beartooth highway on film
july 2012