I Hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them....

"Going to the mountains is going home." John Muir

. . . "To him who has once tasted the reckless independence, the haughty self-reliance, the sense of irresponsible freedom, which the forest life engenders, civilization thenceforth seems flat and stale. Its pleasures are insipid, its pursuits wearisome, its conventionalities, duties, and mutual dependence alike tedious and disgusting. The entrapped wanderer grows fierce and restless, and pants for breathing-room. His path, it is true, was choked with difficulties, but his body and soul were hardened to meet them; it was beset with dangers, but these were the very spice of his life, gladdening his heart with exulting self-confidence, and sending the blood through his veins with a livelier current. The wilderness, rough, harsh, and inexorable, has charms more potent in their seductive influence than all the lures of luxury and sloth. And often he on whom it has cast its magic finds no heart to dissolve the spell, and remains a wanderer and an Ishmaelite to the hour of his death."..............Francis Parkman

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Updated as often as time and adventures allow......Enjoy!!!!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

October 2009

Lawyers Canyon
Pheasant

Camas Prairie
Whitetail in the weeds....
Sunlight in the fog of the Clearwater National Forest......

Fog in Seven Mile Canyon

Camas Prairie Mule Deer



Scenic Kamiah Valley
Seven Mile Canyon

Sunset through a Prairie Pine............

Kamiah Valley


Chuckar

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Late September 2009



Lochsa, uprooted tree

Fires always feel better with a chill in the air.

Walton Lake Overlook, Tom Beal Park, Lochsa



Weir Creek Hotsprings, Lochsa

Thursday, September 24, 2009

September 2009

Early Morning fog lifting from Elk Meadows


Clouds and Sun dancing over the back country of the Lochsa

Whitetail at Dusk
Whitetail playing in the sunset...


Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Lolo Motorway, Indian Post Office


A very specail place for Native Americans, and my family as well.


Moon Rise over the Clearwater National Forest
Late Summer Sun burning through the foliage....

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Eldorado Creek, Dollar Creek Bridge




Wheat Harvest on the Camas Prairie






Monday, August 24, 2009

Elk Summit, August 2009

Elk Summit Station
Huckleberries





Moose in Hoodo Lake











Glacier National Park Trip 2009 Website

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Rocky Ridge Lake




Weitas Lookout











Candy of the Forest

Wild Strawberries

Huckleberries

Monday, July 20, 2009

North Fork Country July 2009

Kelly Creek



Kelly Creek

Timber, Pointing out the Cutthroats
Burned Cedars in Black Canyon

North Fork, in Black Canyon, Sunrise
Water fall in Black Canyon



Elizabeth's Finger, Black Canyon

Wildflowers in Black Canyon


Sunset over Pot Mountain

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Wolf tracks in the Snow, Clearwater National Forest


Caribel in Winter


Geese over the Clearwater, Near Kamiah




Sunrise over a frozen Clearwater


Sunset Burning Fall Colors over Cedar Creek, Clearwater National Forest


Early fall snow over the Eldorado, Clearwater National Forest




Camas Prairie Sunset




Camas Prairie Whitetail







Monday, July 6, 2009

Selway Ducks


Whitetail, Selway River


Selway Geese


Winter Moose, Lochsa River


Blue Jay, Lochsa


Fish Creek, Lochsa Drainage


Meadow Creek Wildflower


Snow on the Selway, from O'Hara Bridge


Bald Eagle, Clearwater National Forest


Duck on Deer Creek


Bald Eagle chasing an Osprey over Deer Creek


Selway Whitetail


Selway Goose


Friday, July 3, 2009

Lochsa Cutthroat


Some Small Rocks of Idaho


Crags


Snow lingering in August on the Shady Side of Big Fog Mountain.


Hiking Above Tree Line, Big Fog Mountian


Views of the Crags from Big Fog MNT, Fenn Mnt peeking up in the background


Sea of Wilderness in Idaho's Backcountry, early morning, late summer haze


Sign marking that your crossing into the good stuff, Big Fog Mountain


Snags in the Crags


Gedney Mountain from Fog Saddle Camp, Selway


Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Cow and Calf Elk Crossing the Lochsa

Photo by Ronda Sams

Red River in the Winter







Sunset Over The South Fork Of The Clearwater Canyon


Square Mountain Lookout Cabin


Vertigo in Tall Cedars


Tree Squirrel


Peaks of the Gospel Hump Wilderness





Mountains Above Powell, Lochsa




Gospel Hump Wilderness Elk











Whitetail


Views near Bogus Basin




Blackbird


Kamiah Valley, Clearwater River, My base of operations...


Shed Horns, Clearwater National Forest


Turkey's in the Fog







2008 Thanksgiving Camp


Hole worn through a rock, Selway Falls


Strutting for the Lady's




Waterfall, Lochsa


A view of the Seven Devils from Heavens Gates


Peaks of the Seven Devils


Lolo Pass Visitor Center Under Late Winter Snow


Clearwater National Forest Whitetail




Sunset on Square Mountian, Gospel Hump


Square Mountain lake, Gospel Hump


Gospel Lake, with rainbow


Knob Lake, Gospel Hump


Large Cedars in the early morning haze, Off Trail, Meadow Creek, Selway


Buffalo Hump



Huckleberries




Frost Burned Huckleberries




Lochsa Falls


Big Fog Mountain




Percehd on an unnamed peak off from Big Fog Mountain awaiting sunset over the Crags




Selway Side of the Crags from Big Fog Mountian




Pilot Knob


Morel Mushroom


Morel Mushroom


Grouse


Whitetail Hiding in Wild Roses


Whitetail Hiding in Wild Roses


Goat Lake at daylight, Clearwater National Forest


Goat Lake, Clearwater National Forest

444 Marlin In The Snow. Lochsa


Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Lochsa

Kayaker, Lochsa

Bear Grass, Lochsa

Wildflower, Lochsa

Bear Grass, Lochsa

Wildflower, Lochsa

A sea of Camas in Bloom, Clearwater National Forest

Bull Moose in the Spring, Clearwater National Forest


Camas in Bloom, Clearwater National Forest

Sunset over the Boise Valley, from Bogus Basin Road

Blue Heron, Fenn Pond, Selway


Blackhawk Fly Over, National Guard Range Near Boise


Mule Deer, Owyhee Country of Idaho


Grouse


Gospel Hump Wilderness

Steelhead Running Selway Falls, April 2009


Steelhead Running Selway Falls, April 2009







Wildflowers, Meadow Creek, Selway


Selway Geese


Selway Geese


Scruffy Spring Whitetail


Cougar and Wildflowers, Lochsa


Clearwater River Sunset


Anderson Butte


Big Canyon


Old Truck in Mountains above the South Fork of the Salmon.


Bear Grass on Coolwater


Sunset over the Eldorado, Clearwater National Forest

Selway River


Fall Camp, Obia Cabin, Fish Creek, Lochsa


Mcomas Meadows


Sunset over the Eldorado, Clearwater National Forest

Snags in the Nezperce National Forest Backcountry


Burnt Knob Lake


Back Country view from Burnt Knob Lookout


Fog rolling out of Seven Mile Canyon



Hiding Grouse, Selway


Christmas Quail

Photo by Connie Cox

Elk, Gospel Hump Wilderness


Chipmunk, Clearwater National Forest


Grouse


Caterpillar on Huckleberry Bush


Backside of the Craigs from Big Fog Mountain

Bald Eagle, Clearwater National Forest


Moose Stare down, Deer Creek Reservoir

Cow Elk Wintering on the Selway

Canadian Goose on the Selway

Birds enjoying their perch above Fenn Pond, Selway

Moose and Ripples, Pond along Lochsa River




Gospel Hump Wilderness