Boy only Camping Trip

This past weekend the boy's and I went on a Father/Son camping trip to Green River Lakes, in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. We had a great time.  The boys caught some very nice fish, and we saw an amazing amount of wildlife, including moose, elk, deer and antelope.

Green River Lakes

Wind River Mountains

Wyoming

Early Morning Fog Bank

Preston Sitting Still!  WOW!

Eating is the only reason to take a break from the fishing

The Mornings Catch

Spencer Fishing the River

Preston Makes a Great Cast

We were camping in Grizzly Country.  Food storage is required!  What is the required food storage for grizzly bears?

How about a pup tent with a Dad and his two boys inside?  I think a grizzly would consider that as food storage, don't you?

Sharp Shooter

Ruby and Her New .243

Ruby turns 12 in a few days, and gets to hunt with her dad this year!  We have applied for antelope tags and will find out the results by the end of the month.  Ruby is very petite, and can't quite handle my rifles, so we bought her a new .243 savage in a youth model. It has a synthetic stalk and is very light.  We have went out target practicing the last 3 weekends.  Rubys is going to be a sharp shooter!  She is a natural!  I can't wait to enjoy this year hunting elk, deer and antelope with her!

Love Affair

This robin spent several hours last weekend trying to impress the bird 'on the other side' of the glass.  He fluffed his feathers and strutted his stuff to impress the beautiful bird in the window.  But his efforts went unrewarded as the other bird never did come out to play!

Fence Post Peek A Boo

South End of Star Valley, WY

I took this photo last Sunday, March 13th.  A very nice day and the snow is starting to melt.  We received more snow the past couple of days, but it has been warm enough that the snow is still melting faster than it is falling!

Spring is on the way, but if there is one thing that living these past 7 winters in the valley, is not to get to excited about spring.  The snow has yet to melt out of our yard before the middle of April and sometimes it stretches into May!

Over Home

Ruth Nevada

Thursday I flew from San Fransico to Denver.  The flight flew just to the south of Ruth Nevada, the town in which I spent my childhood.

Sounds of the Cello

Osmond Elementary Orchestra

Ruby is a Cello Player in the Osmond Elementary Orchestra.  This is her second year.  They have an excellent orchestra. They are conducted by Mr. Reece.  This past Wednesday they had their Winter Concert.  They preformed many numbers, including Ode to Joy, by Beethoven, Yes I Can Can, by Bach, and Pachelbel Canon, by Pachelbel.

It was a very enjoyable evening of great music preformed but some great young musicians!

You can spot Ruby in the above photo to the far right side.

Civic Silhouette

Afton Civic Center

I took this picture, today, from inside the Afton Civic Center.  Silhouetted in the forground are employee's of JR Simplot's Smoky Canyon Mine.  Through the windows of the Civic Center the Salt River Range can be seen.  The Canyon is Swift Creek.

Piggy Back

Preston and Alec

Thanksgiving 2010

Grandpa and Grandma Wooners House

Fallon NV

Emily's Goat

Emily Walker

Fall 2010 Hunt

This past fall I took Emily hunting for her antelope.  She shot this nice goat through the lungs at about 100 yrds.

Grandma Howes

Grandmother Howes

Christmas at Meade Peak Ranch

December 18, 2010

Mid Day Frost

This photo was taken at the corner of WY HWY 238 and Star Lane.

Cottonwood Picnic

This afternoon we grabbed a bucket of chicken and headed up to Cottonwood Lake for a picnic.  The cool mountain air was a nice relief from the heat of the valley.

Cottonwood Lake

Molly, Ruby, Spencer, Angela and Preston

Spencer, Ruby and Preston

The Biggest Kid of Them All!

Spencer

Ruby

Preston

(look at those teeth)

Wildflowers

And of coarse, in typical Wyoming fashion, we had to have a hail storm before it was all over!

From the Star

Afton Wyoming

Friday the family and I hiked to the Star.  The star is the logo for the local high school.  Most communities have a letter on a hill above their town.  Afton has 'The Star'.  This picture of Afton was taken from the star! 

Our house is on the far side of the valley, in the foothills.

A Pair of Bobcat Cubs

Spencer and Preston

Spencer and Preston recently earned their Bobcat award in the Cub Scout program.  They both love Cub Scouts and have been working hard to advance.  As part of the ceremony, while receiving their awards, Mom and Dad got to paint up their faces!  We are proud of them!

My family read this post, and they requested that I add a bit about the award ceremony, so here goes. 

When Preston was called up to receive his Bobcat just as the award was presented to him, and everything was very quiet, he ripped one!  Not to loud, but loud enough for everyone to hear!  A couple of the Cubs began to giggle, and then the entire audience lost it!  Laughter errupted and Dad turned red....  That's my boy!

Flower or Weed?

I took this photo on our recent camping trip in Diamond Creek.  I am not sure what kind of plant it is?

On a side note, I have been having one heck of a time loading photo's to my blog.  I think I have found a work around, so I should start posting more regularly!

Fine Photography by Ruby

As promised, here are a couple of photographs that Ruby took with her new camera! She picked the two below for me to post.  I really like them both!  Ruby has really taken an interest in photography over the past 6 months or so.  A new camera was the perfect gift for her birthday!

I found the above photo very interesting.  She and her friends took a hike up a very steep hill.  She took this photo on that hike.

 

I found the colors in the above photo quite striking.  Especially the color of the leaves.  A very nice photo.

Well done Sweety!

She's Eleven

Last Friday was Ruby's birthday! The last two years she has wanted to go camping on her birthday, but the weather was so bad that we haven't been able to. This year looked like it was going to be a repeat. The month of June was very wet. We had one dry day....that is up until Friday! Friday and Saturday turned out to be great weather. We went on an over nighter to Diamond Creek. Ruby invited four friends, and three were able to make it. Ivy, Savannah, and Kennedy.





Ruby, Savannah, Ivy, and Kennedy enjoying dinner Friday night. Ruby picked the menu. We had her favorite mustard pork chops, and a vegetable medley of Zucchini, Yellow Squash, and Onions.





Mom made a peach cobbler for desert! It turn out awesome and was a huge hit!






Ruby opened up her presents. Mom and Dad gave her a Nikon Coolpix camera. It was a big surprise for Ruby. She took some great photo's. I will post some of them in the next post.






The girls had a great time. They spent most of their time around camp with Mom, while Dad took the boys on quad rides, to keep them out of the girls hair.

Spencer Made us breakfast Saturday morning. He did this to pass off part of his Cub Scout requirements. He did an Awesome job. Preston made everyone lunch! He did a great job also!

Balancing Act

This rock formation is found up Swift Creek.  I took this picture on a recent trip up the canyon.

Love Them

Today we ventured up cottonwood creek.  The road was rough and wet, but passable.  We we're not there long.  We had to beat the next storm that was moving in.  It was cloudy but the defused light made for some nice picture taking. 

To the left Preston, Ruby and Spencer.

North Side

Old Cottonwood in Canyon View Park