fox and elk and moose, oh my
my oh my how the time does fly! It is the eve before we leave to return to the real world and i am digging in my heels like a little one determined not to follow directions. But follow i must. Where did I leave off.
did I mention that the rodeo was pretty cool and like most things is much more entertaining live than on tv.
these men, women and children are athletes of another kind. We watched calf roping, barreling racing, bronc riding and bull riding to mention a few things. I couldn't help but think that we dress our children in combat clothing to go out to play and here are these children roping calves and riding broncs with nothing other than western clothes and chaps. And they still survive! Hmmm.
The Buffalo Bill Cody museum is a can't miss. Covering 3 out of the 5 ginormous sections was pretty good. The Whitney museum's collection of Remington sculptures was worth the price just there, not to mention unexpected N.C. Wyeth paintings. I had no idea how much of a national hero Bill Cody was especially after magazines and moving pictures came into being. He died in 1917 leaving behind an interesting legacey. In one area he was generous to the indian population, bucking (pun intended) the trend by employing them with compassion and love for their traditions but at the same time helping to continue the stereotypes that still appear in textbooks and popular opinion. Could you imagine a dinner with Buffalo Bill and his contemporaries such as Mark Twain, Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley?!
Back to Jackson...more photos of the Tetons and Yellowstone with a total of about 800 shots all together, much less than usual, but pretty darn good in content if I do say so myself. Lots of experimenting done with light, shadow and composition. What did I do before digital?
The only bears and wolves we saw were unfortunately stuffed on a wall somewhere but the searching was half the fun. Including bison with the title animals, I have a new emotional connection with God's creations outside of a zoo.
Now its back to my humble home on my humble range full of new ideas, memories and pictures that only traveling can provide!!
did I mention that the rodeo was pretty cool and like most things is much more entertaining live than on tv.
these men, women and children are athletes of another kind. We watched calf roping, barreling racing, bronc riding and bull riding to mention a few things. I couldn't help but think that we dress our children in combat clothing to go out to play and here are these children roping calves and riding broncs with nothing other than western clothes and chaps. And they still survive! Hmmm.
The Buffalo Bill Cody museum is a can't miss. Covering 3 out of the 5 ginormous sections was pretty good. The Whitney museum's collection of Remington sculptures was worth the price just there, not to mention unexpected N.C. Wyeth paintings. I had no idea how much of a national hero Bill Cody was especially after magazines and moving pictures came into being. He died in 1917 leaving behind an interesting legacey. In one area he was generous to the indian population, bucking (pun intended) the trend by employing them with compassion and love for their traditions but at the same time helping to continue the stereotypes that still appear in textbooks and popular opinion. Could you imagine a dinner with Buffalo Bill and his contemporaries such as Mark Twain, Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley?!
Back to Jackson...more photos of the Tetons and Yellowstone with a total of about 800 shots all together, much less than usual, but pretty darn good in content if I do say so myself. Lots of experimenting done with light, shadow and composition. What did I do before digital?
The only bears and wolves we saw were unfortunately stuffed on a wall somewhere but the searching was half the fun. Including bison with the title animals, I have a new emotional connection with God's creations outside of a zoo.
Now its back to my humble home on my humble range full of new ideas, memories and pictures that only traveling can provide!!
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