Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts

Thursday, November 11, 2010

A Bear encounter in Yosemite


This black bear surprised us on a trail in the Hetch Hetchy area of Yosemite National Park. The black bears in this area have more of a brown coat. This is probably a male judging on his size. We were pretty much scared out of our gourds. We slowly moved back and started talking and singing so he knew we were not sneeking up on him. He just went on his merry way doing cute bear things. We had to wait for at least 15 minutes to make sure that he was off of the trail before we continued.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Etch a Sketch


This image was captured in the morning light in Death Valley National Park, California. The sand dunes sit in between two mountain ranges. In the evening there are thousands of footprints all over the dunes and overnight the wind sweeps them away like a giant Etch a Sketch. All we are is dust in the wind - Kansas