Wyoming, 2019 - Landscape and Wildlife Photography Adventure
A blog of the photos I took in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. There were mountains, lakes, bears, elk, deer, wolves, and more!
For the third year in a row, I did the manliest thing I could think of doing and spent a sum total of 40 hours in a Toyota Prius so I could spend 7 days sleeping 6 inches from my buddy.
This year, Stephen and I went to Wyoming. We spent 3 days in Grand Teton National Park and 3 days in Yellowstone national park. We hit some bad weather, we had some amazing weather. We saw some mountains, we saw some animals.
At the end of the day, it matters that we made the trek. Some of my favorite parts of the trip:
Hiking through Paintbrush Divide
The night sky over Jackson Lake
Wolves in Hayden Valley
The Great Grey Owl sighting
Bear, Bison, Elk, Mule Deer, etc…
Check it out!

Mount Moran over String Lake
Grand Teton National Park

Hiking Around String Lake
Grand Teton National Park

Mount Moran and Grand Teton
Grand Teton National Park

Cow Moose in Paintbrush Divide
Grand Teton National Park

Jackson Lake from Lower Paintbrush
Grand Teton National Park

Unnamed Lake In Upper Paintbrush
Grand Teton National Park

Stephen Sitting
On A Log

Bull Moose
Grand Teton National Park

Grand Tetons in cloud
Grand Teton National Park

Bull Elk Bugling While Leading Herd
Grand Teton National Park

Cloudy Mountain Pass
Grand Teton National Park

Clouds Lifting From Teton Valley
Grand Teton National Park

Mule Deer
Grand Teton National Park

Coyote
Grand Teton National Park

Milky Way Over Jackson Lake
Grand Teton National Park

Star Trails Over Grand Teton
Grand Teton National Park

Morning Over The Teton Range
Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton
Grand Teton National Park

Schwabacher's Landing
Grand Teton National Park

Mule Deer on Signal Mountain
Grand Teton National Park

A Very Wyoming Photo
Yellowstone National Park

Grey Wolf Pup
A sub-two-year wolf pup from the Wapiti Lake Pack crosses a ridge in Hayden Valley after unsuccessfully hunting Elk

Sunset Over Sylvan Lake
Yellowstone National Park

Bird
It’s a bird (a Gray Jay)

Fawn Mule Deer
Yellowstone National Park

Young Bull Elk In Velvet
Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone Lake At Sunrise
Yellowstone National Park

Four Mule Bucks Fighting
Yellowstone National Park

Some More Bison
Yellowstone National Park

Even More Bison
Yellowstone National Park

Food Fight
A grizzly and a grey wolf battle over a bison carcass in Hayden Valley. This ridge was extremely far away, so even at 750mm and a cropped image, they look fuzzy. Still a cool scene!

Bison Wants To Lick A Butt
Yellowstone National Park

Bull Elk
Yellowstone National Park

Great Grey Owl
Absolutely the best wildlife sighting we had the entire trip. As North America’s largest owl, it’s extremely elusive and rare. Many go their entire lives without seeing one, and this one let us hang out with him for about 30 minutes while he scanned the grass for voles and pika. Such a cool experience.

Yellowstone Lake Panorama
Yellowstone National Park

Young Bull Elk In Velvet
Yellowstone National Park
Utah, 2018 - Landscape Photography and Hiking Adventure
Landscape Photography trip to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, as well as Dead Horse Point State Park
I’m fighting for it, my friends. Each year, I’m fighting to get far away from my routine and not shower for a week and sleep on the ground and take photos and hike until my feet fall off and feel so insignificant under the pressing depth of Creation. Not just a weekend getaway, but an intentional effort to go somewhere new.
To be clear, it’s not escapism. I love my life back home.
It’s the desire to feel uncomfortable by breaking my normal, so as to breed an itch that only unfamiliar terrain and an oil change’s worth of miles on my aging car can scratch.
So I went to Utah this year. I went with my good friend, Stephen. We packed up a car full of pasta sides and camera gear and headed to the West, only 6 hours further than the 13 we drove last year.
Here are some pictures I took.
Trip Notes:
We drove for two days. In the middle we stopped and camped for the night an hour outside of Denver. This is where the photos start. We then went to Arches national park and spent 3 nights there. After that, we moved camp to Dead Horse Point state park as a home base and spent two days exploring Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point.

Colorado - Night One
Richmil Ranch Open Space

Star Trails in Colorado
Richmil Ranch Open Space

Park Avenue
Arches National Park

Our Campsite
Hal’s Canyon

Delicate Arch
Arches National Park

Delicate Arch
Arches National Park

Tower Arch
Arches National Park

A Sweaty Boy
Arches National Park

Tower Arch
Arches National Park

The Navajo Sandstone
Arches National Park

A Future REI Ad?
Arches National Park

Behind Tower Arch
Arches National Park

The Road Through Salt Valley
Arches National Park

Evening
Hal's Canyon

Pavement and Sand
Moab, Utah

The Bend in Hal's Canyon
Hal's Canyon

Quiet Behind Navajo Arch
Arches National Park

Double O Arch
Arches National Park

The Full Moon Over Park Avenue
Arches National Park

Big Rock - Big Sky
Arches National Park

To The Right Of Mesa Arch
Canyonlands National Park

Green River Overlook - Canyonlands
Canyonlands National Park

Night Over Dead Horse Point
Dead Horse Point

Morning Glow
Dead Horse Point

Warming Light
The sun rises over Dead Horse Point and warms the Navajo sandstone below.
That’s it! These are some of my favorites from Utah, 2018.