adventures in the west: the beautiful views

I'm back from my WONDERFUL nine-day adventure in Wyoming and Colorado with Christina!

As it would be quite difficult to condense all of what I saw and did into one blog post, this will be a multi-post account of my trip, complete with pictures!
Enjoy!
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While I was a major fan of the hikes that we did, I am truly amazed by the number of other ways in which different kinds of people can enjoy the same space. There were people who backpacked and hitchhiked their way through Yellowstone, carrying with them the bare minimum to get through each day, while there were others who stayed in expensive lodges with A/C and explored the beauty of the landscape from the comfort of their vehicles. No matter the approach in which did so, all of these people were able to enjoy the same views.

I wish there were a better way to share with you all of the details and images from this nine-day exploration of two of the national parks in Wyoming, but there just isn't space or time, and I also want to avoid boring you.

So, in this first post, I'd like to share with you top ten favorite landscape pictures from my vacation, in no particular order:

1. View from the North Rim looking down into the colorful Canyon of Yellowstone

2. Bleached, dead trees and snow against a blue sky at the top of Mount Washburn in Yellowstone

3. Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, complete with a rainbow

4. Sunset in Wyoming, early evening

5. Sunset in Wyoming, later in the evening

6. Rushing water in the Cascade Canyon of the Grand Tetons

7. Soft evening light passing through Cascade Canyon in the Grand Tetons

8. String Lake in the early evening, Grand Tetons

9. Midday view of the Grand Tetons and Teton Lake from the top of Signal Mountain

10. Geysers and hot springs in Norris in Yellowstone National Park