yellowstone lake

roosevevelt lodge 

cabinlife on film 

the beartooth highway on film
july 2012

we hiked sleeping bags and cold beer up the mountain overlooking grand prismatic spring 

and upped the ante on both hammocking spots and afternoon naps.  

i just got back from missoula, where i dropped a friend off for her first montana winter.
we ran a ton of errands, drank pints at the kettlehouse taproom, and said goodbye for now.
and i got a bunch of film developed.  these are from this weekend in yellowstone and montana.

after work adventuring this week...
hammocking on observation point
and the first time i ever wore a bikini and a down jacket at the same time.
it's getting cold in yellowstone.
with just 10 days left in this crazy place.    

the Beehive Geyser

some people sit and wait for hours to see this epic geyser, but we caught it accidentally on the way home from hiking.  and i sprinted down the boardwalk to get right in it.  

we climbed mount washburn, climbed down the other side, hiked to the canyon, identified mushrooms, skirted some bison, explored amazing backcountry hotsprings, hiked to the road, bought delicious roadside milkshakes...and then the boys drove home while i took an epic two-hour nap in the back of the Vanagon.  cheers to the freakin weekend.  

watching people watch geysers.

after i snapped these photos on the boardwalk yesterday, i stumbled upon these completely awesome sightseer portraits from yellowstone and other tourist destinations.  i am in love with them.

i think peter pan might have built the old faithful inn.
lodgepole pine railings and an enormous rhyolite fireplace and crows' nests and chaos.
so glad to be spending my last yellowstone days in this building, with the other lost boys.