Idaho Smudged

I made this picture while up on Gibson Jack with RW this evening.  The rain was finely misting, all around, and the mountains were caped in low, white clouds.  It was a romantic hike.  My hands were numb and I couldn't get my camera to focus because I couldn't properly grab the focus ring!  So I just shot smudges instead.  It's dreamy.  Idaho is dreamy.  I think the result is appropriate.

I mean really, if Idaho can look this good out of focus, just imagine what you're missing when it's in focus!

Mountain Water

A bit of Rocky Mountain water managed to get caught in the cold.

This is City Creek actual with a righteous spring source just up the mountain.

Across the Street

This is my front yard.

Pretty, huh?

Just around the next bend.

The Snake River Valley, just around the bend from Pocatello, prepares for a thunder bumper.

Kicking back as the sun goes down:

The view from Pebble Creek Ski Resort.

See the written word here.

Broken Wheels in the West

I was driving to Idaho Falls when I came upon seven horses in a ditch, blanketed and hitched to a fence line. A wheel blowout on I-15 gave need for unloading horses on the side of the highway, for safety reasons.

These guys were shocked when I pulled over in my skirt, heels and Honda Civic. They assured me that everything was alright and help was on the way. I told them I was glad and then asked if I could photograph them. There would have been no such doing elsewhere. I'd have been shy. I'd have been scared for my well being, perhaps. But I'm not afraid of Idaho cowboys. They're the salt of the earth and these two were glad to let me photograph their cowponies and their rig.

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE.

At the heart of Old Town:

Big Snowy

High Schol Rodeo Finals, Pocatello

And the crazy thing is that not only were these kids incredible horsemen and horsewomen, 90% of them (easily) were honor students and double or triple lettering in sports at their respective high schools. And most of them had full ride scholarships to universities all over the West.   There's the future of ranching America -- awesome wranglers and bright people.