Howdy All,
Over the past two weeks I was able to take on about 100 miles of backcountry trails in Grand Tetons National Park, Targhee National Forest, and most recently, the grand daddy of them all, Yellowstone National Park. My treks took me through Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. This is a remarkable part of our country if you have never been. If interested, I'll go back here with any of you in a second. The wildlife, views, trails, rivers, mountains, etc were all as I have seen them in my dreams. It was all beyond surreal.
My most recent journey has come to a close and I have made my way to central Minnesota as we have set up a wind response team, responding to the 90MPH+ straight line winds that came through the area and left the place a mess. Running chainsaws and clearing debris for families in need. From one adventure to the next!
Enjoy the pictures and the few videos I posted below.
Mark/Chops
The Future Is No Place To Place Your Better Days.
PS Thank you so much to my new friends out in Idaho for helping me get my feet wet in their neck of the world. Your kindess is an example to us all. Beautiful famly. Janae, Julie, and Dave.
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| AFTER YELLOWSTONE FORCES YOU TO WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT HOW BEARS AND WOLVES CAN KILL YOU, THEY GIVE YOU A BACKCOUNTRY PERMIT |
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| LEAVING NOTE ON VEHICLE DASH - BEING RESPONSIBLE MOM |
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| RIVER CROSSING |
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| THE COLORS WERE INCREDIBLE |
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| OLD FAITHFUL - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK |
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| THOUSANDS WAITING FOR OLD FAITHFUL TO ERUPT - SHORTLY AFTER I WENT DEEP INTO THE WILDERNESS |
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| SETTING UP CAMP IN THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BACKCOUNTRY |
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| NO NEED TO BURN THE FOREST DOWN. JUST A SMALL GUY |
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| JUST BEFORE DAWN IN YELLOWSTONE |
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| HIKING EAST TOWARDS THE SUNRISE |
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| MAKING PROGRESS AS THE SUN RISES OVER YELLOWSTONE |
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| YELLOWSTONE RIVER |
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| YELLOWSTONE RIVER DOWN BELOW |
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| SPOTTING BISON IN THE MEADOW |
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| THIS PART OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK REMINDS ME OF ZION NP IN UTAH |
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| CALMER STRETCH OF YELLOWSTONE RIVER |
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| GRAND CANYON OF YELLOWSTONE |
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| WATER GOING OVER THE EDGE OF THE EARTH |
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| MONTANA! ONLY 3 STATES LEFT TO VISIT! |
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| WYOMING! |
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| CAUTION! DINOSAUR CROSSING! |
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| BISON CHOMPING ON SOME GRASS |
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THESE TWO WERE A SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM AT YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. I OFFERED TO HELP. THEY SAID NO. PULLING OUT A GUY WITH A BROKEN ANKLE
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| I DID A JOB ON MY ANKLE TOO, BUT IT WASN'T ME THEY WERE RESCUING! |
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| WHEN I THINK OF YELLOWSTONE, THIS IS IT |
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| SUNSET OVER YELLOWSTONE AS I LEFT THE PARK |
