Random Photos from Road Trips

[Mark Sedenquist]

Another road shot.

Taken driving up to the parking lot at the Scottsbluff National Monument. Did you know that his was one of the very first national monuments ever created?


June 2023

[Southwest Dave]

That is an awesome photo of a bison bull. Yeah, I don't know how close you were, but that seems a tad closer than ideal.

But a magnificent beast, none-the-less!

Mark

I'm guessing this would be classed as a tad to close ?



Dave

[Mark Sedenquist]

Especially since the window looks open.

Oooh. I have one of those two. I have to look for it.

I couldn't find that one (yet) but I have always wondered what a "fishing buffalo" was?


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Not nearly as intimidating...

Mormon Well Road, April 30, 2009 - Alligator Lizard

Mark

[Rick Quinn]

Bison are big, and we humans are small, so they have a tendency to ignore us while they go about more important business, like, eating. We were in my Jeep at a place called Antelope Flats, off Mormon Row, in Grand Teton National Park. We drove out there while it was still full dark, and it wasn't until the sun came up that we realized we were surrounded by a herd of Bison that had literally appeared out there overnight. It was the first day of hunting season, and the old bulls were so smart, they knew exactly when and where to lead their herd into an area where they'd be protected.



We were DEFINITELY too close to this Mama Bison's bouncing baby boy. She rather quickly moved to protect him, and gave us a glare best described as a Stink Eye. I took the hint, and backed slowly away.



Buffalo sunrise! This is the shot I was hoping to capture that morning. Mission accomplished!



Bison cow and a newborn golden calf



Young bulls locking horns

[Mark Sedenquist]

Great pics.

That "Stink eye" photo is like the one I was looking for -- it is actually on this post from the National Bison Range near Dixon, Montana.

Mark

[Mark Sedenquist]

Speaking of "young bulls" these two are trying to buffalo the other. The young female is bored of the entire nonsense.


Beach along Big Sur coast, August 2005

[Rick Quinn]

Taken in the park in downtown Homer, Alaska:

[Mark Sedenquist]

Captured in May 2019 -- Near Delights Hot Springs Resort in Tecopa, California

[Rick Quinn]

A random scene along the highway in Mexico--and a preview of what you'll see when I finally get around to completing the last segment of that Field Report on my Mexican Road Trip. It's largely complete, but I had to set it aside for a bit, so it's taking a lot longer than I expected. There was a lot of cool stuff crammed into that last week of the trip. I'll do my best to make the write-up worth the wait!

Rick

[Rick Quinn]

...this time in Vermont! Taken on a Fall Road Trip in 2014, when I was living in D.C.