Picture of Yellowstone National Park
Caption: 7 states
8 days A winter road trip
Caption: I went on a road trip with my girlfriend and our dogs to visit galleries for photo prints, as well as shoot wildlife images with a couple medium format cameras (a fun challenge)
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Caption: We left California and headed north towards Park City, Utah. (Fun fact, I never knew highway 15 goes all the way to Canada).
Picture of Cedar City
Caption: A nail in the tire is never fun, but it could always be worse...
Picture of Cedar City
Caption: We arrived in Salt Lake City pretty late, so we made our way to Park City early in the morning. If you’re not a fan of crowds, I’d highly recommend not visiting during the Sundance Film Festival.
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Caption: We promptly made our way to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. #grandtetons
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Caption: And quickly made friends with some locals.
Picture of Cedar City
Caption: They had a lot of personality
Picture of Grand Teton National Park
Caption: I’m very much an ocean lover, but there’s something magical about this part of the world
Picture of Grand Teton National Park
Caption: It’s also a great spot to take in the sunrise (with a hot coffee).
Picture of Grand Teton National Park
Caption: We continued north towards Montana
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Caption: And then it really started to snow
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Caption: Arriving in Gardiner, Montana (the gateway to Yellowstone in Winter) I knew we were going to see some wildlife
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Caption: And Yellowstone did not disappoint...
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Picture of Gardiner
Picture of Yellowstone National Park
Picture of Yellowstone National Park
Caption: At almost 300,000 miles my truck of 16 years decided it had had enough. Too expensive and time consuming to fix, we rented a car to keep going to Idaho.
McCall
Caption: After traveling through 6 states, we took a short intermission to sort out transportation and spend time with family in Idaho.
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Caption: We took a different route south through the High and Eastern Sierra Mountains.
Picture of Tonopah
Caption: Fortunately there were wild burros
Picture of Tonopah
Picture of Tonopah
Caption: Thanks for taking a look!