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| Teton Valley
Fall Colors |
| Posted: October 20, 2022 |
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My good friend Rick Schuessler and I toured the
northern part of Teton
Valley Idaho this morning to take some photos of
the fall
colors.
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| Teton Valley
Fall Colors |
| Posted: October 19, 2022 |
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My good friend Rick Schuessler and retraced our
route this evening near sunset to retake some
photos of the fall
colors.
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| Teton Valley
Fall Colors |
| Posted: October 19, 2022 |
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My good friend Rick Schuessler and I toured Teton
Valley Idaho this morning to take some photos of
the fall
colors.
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| Teton Valley
Fall Colors |
| Posted: October 16, 2022 |
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My good friend Sue Lurie and I toured Teton
Valley Idaho to see what remained of fall
colors. We were quite surprised that the colors
were still pretty well at prime time.
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| Lava Hot Springs
Fall Colors |
| Posted: October 06, 2022 |
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I visited the Lava Hot Springs area on the
recommendation of Loren Nelson, a fellow member
of the Teton Photography Club. Afterwards, I
continued east and onto the Alpine, WY (US 30,
SR 38) in search
of aspens turning yellow.
All in all, a pretty spectacular journey!
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| Swan Valley Fall
Colors |
| Posted: September 30, 2022 |
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Swan Valley just east of Palisades Dam gets some
beautiful red colors. This Fall did not
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| Rainey Bridge at
Sunset |
| Posted: September 29, 2022 |
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With the clouds we had today, I went to Rainey
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| Fall in Teton
Valley |
| Posted: September 29, 2022 |
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I took a drive through the northern end of Teton
Valley this morning. The clouds were very
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| Craters of the
Moon National Reserve |
| Posted: September 05, 2021 |
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Today Mary & I visited Craters of the
Moon.
On the way back, we stopped in Arco and had a fantastic
meatball sub sandwich. |
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| Teton Valley |
| Posted: August 26, 2021 |
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I decided to further explore
some more roads that head west from Highway 33. The
skies were nowhere as clear as yesterday but I
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| Teton Valley |
| Posted: August 25, 2021 |
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Today was a nice day weather
wise and the smoke situation was quite a bit better. I
decided to get out of the house and snap a few photos.
The photos are sort of a hodge podge of subjects.
I drove 5000 South to the point where it dead ends at
the Teton River and took quite a few photos along the
drive. In the evening, I was on a Zoom meet up with the
Teton Photography Club and I happened to look out my
window around sunset. It looked like it was going to be
a nice one, so I broke away from the meeting for a bit
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| Casa Budde West
Sunset |
| Posted: July 21, 2021 |
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We had some pretty nice clouds
at sunset last night so I decided to break out my camera
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| Casa Budde West Construction |
| Posted: October 29, 2019 |
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A blast from the past!
I was looking through some stuff and I ran across some photos that were taken
during the early days of Casa Budde West. I thought folks who have visited might enjoy these.
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| Craters of the Moon |
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Posted: August 30, 2019 |
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These are the other photos I took
while visiting Craters of the Moon National Preserve.
I arrived in the afternoon when the skies were pretty
bright. I drove the Loop Road mainly looking for a
location to return to for my Milky Way shoot. I took
some other photos as well. The next morning with a bit
better lighting conditions and a few clouds I drove the
loop again for some more photos.
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| Big Holes |
| Posted: August 25, 2019 |
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I went on a Jeep ride with my good
friend Rodney Henry into the upper reaches of the Big
Hole mountain range on the west side of Teton Valley. We
drove some very rugged roads all the way to the top of
the highest peaks in the range. Cell towers are located
on these peaks.
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| Swan Valley |
| Posted: July 02, 2019 |
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I took an overnight trip down to
Swan Valley to take Milky Way and sunrise photos. As
usual, the Milky Way photos were somewhat of a
disappointment.
However, the sunrise and the clouds were phenomenal!
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| Trail Creek Pass |
| Posted: June 18, 2019 |
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I had lunch in Ketchum Idaho... a great club sandwich!
It had been many years since I had been through Ketchum.
I had forgotten how lovely a location it was located in
as it is surrounded by mountains.
From Ketchum, I drove north over Trail Creek Pass.
It was a very pretty drive. The road at its highest
elevations was an unimproved road but seemed to have
been recently bladed and was quite nice. It was
advertised as "one way with pullouts". This drive is
definitely do-again-able!
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| Craters of the Moon |
| Posted: June 17, 2019 |
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I was not expecting much in the way of photography
options here but boy was I surprised!
I arrived in the late afternoon and therefore the
lighting conditions were pretty nice. I was also greeted
by some fairly nice clouds to further improve the
compositions.
I do plan to return in the future. This area is also
designated as a "dark sky" area so I may time my return
to coincide with a new moon.
If you want to more about this National Preserve,
click here.
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| Camas National Wildlife Area |
| Posted: June 05, 2019 |
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I visited the Camas National Wildlife Area this
afternoon. The various ponds were very full and the
mosquitoes were in abundance.
These photos were taken handheld with my Tamron
150-600mm lens and they were heavily cropped for
presentation here.
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| Snake River Float |
| Posted: August 30, 2018 |
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For a
number of years, my friend Chris Conant, who guides on
the South Fork of the Snake River, has said he would
take me on a float so I could take photos of beautiful
Fall Creek Falls from a river perspective. Well today
was finally the day.
Chris, his first mate Sage, Rick Schuessler and I made
the voyage down the Snake. It was a beautiful float and
we had a great time together especially the first mate.
We saw many raptors along the way both perched in trees
and in flight. Unfortunately, I had very little luck
getting decent photos of these magnificent birds. My
guess is that my shutter speed was too slow (~ 1/250
sec) for an in-focus capture in a moving drift boat in
moving water. If I get the opportunity to do this again,
I believe I will shoot for 1/1000 sec or maybe even
higher.
We did get some really nice photos of the falls.
While at the falls, Chris spotted a moose on an island
adjacent to the falls. It was feeding on the willows. We
took some photos while also taking photos of the falls.
The moose then went into the water and swam towards the
falls. Chris was ecstatic as in all of the many, many
times he had been down that section of the river, he had
never seen what we were observing.
Upon reaching the area just beneath the falls, the moose
fed on the vegetation. Quite a nice viewing experience
for all... well the first mate did not seem to be too
impressed.
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| Camas/Mud Lake National Wildlife Area |
| Posted: August 29, 2018 |
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Rick Schuessler and I visited these two refuges today. The
weather was fantastic.
At Camas, the ponds were almost non-existent compared to
my visit at the end of July. Where there was water, one
could see the birds standing on the bottom of the pond
while feeding.
Two highlights of the day: a pair of Great Blue Herons
and a Rough-Legged Hawk (I think) perched on a post with
it's mouse dinner.
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| Camas National Wildlife Area |
| Posted: July 31, 2018 |
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I discovered this on the Web. It is located about 1-1/2
hours drive from Driggs. I had previously visited Gray's
Lake National Wildlife Refuge a few years ago and was
not overly impressed. Camas was impressive especially
for the large amount of birds that can be seen there.
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| Milky Way - Swan Valley |
| Posted: July 12, 2018 |
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Went down to Swan Valley again for the Milky Way. This time I was
the only photographer there. I used my light to
illuminate the schoolhouse from my shooting location. I
seemed to have the best luck with the light on its
lowest setting lit for about 2/3 of the time the shutter
was open.
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| July 4th Parade - Victor |
| Posted: July 04, 2018 |
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The parade in Victor was pretty good again this year. It was the
first time Bruce & Betsy Canaga had been here for the
parade.
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| Milky Way - Swan Valley |
| Posted: June 14, 2018 |
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Last night I drove down to Swan Valley for my first ever Milky Way
shoot. As I was getting setup, another photographer (Bob
Seidel from Idaho Falls) arrived. Bob is an experienced
Milky Way photographer so it was nice to have a
knowledgeable person on hand.
Bob's plan was to create some images that featured the
schoolhouse along with others to feature the Milky Way
and then composite them in Photoshop. Since I am not a
Photoshop user, my plan was to take a single photo to
process in Lightroom.
Bob setup some lights for the evening inside the old
schoolhouse. They were a bit too bright for my single
image as you can see with the photo on the left.
My resultant photos are pretty crude in my opinion.
Other than the lighting problem mentioned above, the
stars are not in focus. Clouds, at times covering the
Milky Way, were a bit of a problem as well.
We finished up around 2:30 AM. I wound up spending the
night in my gasoline powered tent (my car) with the
intention of taking some more photos the next morning.
I also went to Fall Creek Falls and had breakfast at the
South Fork Lodge before returning to Casa Budde West.
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| Teton Valley |
| Posted: August 24, 2017 |
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Rick &Dawn Schuessler and I took a drive up to around Felt to
drive the road that Rodney Henry had introduced me to
earlier this summer.
The clouds were nice so we took some photos.
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| Lavender Farm |
| Posted: July 26, 2017 |
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There is a farm just north of Teton Idaho that grows lavender and
sells products made from that lavender.
I have contemplated going there to take photos for
sometime now but it is forty miles from Driggs. I became
inspired to make the trek after running across another
photographer's photos of lavender fields on line.
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| July 4th Fireworks |
| Posted: July 04, 2017 |
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We attended the Driggs Fourth of July Fireworks display
this evening. As usual, it was quite good but with a bit
of a twist on the grand finale. Most of the finale was
lower to the ground than usual. Not a lot of the "kabooms"
I like so well.
I thought I would give it a go and attempt some photos
this year.
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| Teton Valley |
| Posted: July 01, 2017 |
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My good friend Rodney Henry was going for a ride in his dune
buggy in Teton Valley north of Tetonia and offered to
take me along. We covered many roads that I had never
been on before. Some of them could be driven in a
passenger car but some of them, NO WAY.
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| Teton County Rodeo |
| Posted: June 23, 2017 |
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I had not been to the Friday night Rodeo in Teton Valley for quite
some time. Some friends were going and invited me to
join them. We all had a great evening!
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| Along Highway 32 |
| Posted: June 11, 2017 |
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I enjoyed the photo session on Highway 33 so I decided to try
Highway 32 today. This is the scenic road we drive when
we go to Yellowstone for the day.
The clouds were once again very nice today.
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| Along Highway 33 |
| Posted: July 09, 2017 |
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I had taken a drive up Highway 33 yesterday with my good friend Rodney Henry
to do some shopping in Rexburg ID. On that drive, I spotted some
compositions I wanted to work on. Today had some great clouds so
I drove Highway 33 in hopes of catching some nice photos.
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| Teton Valley |
| Posted: September 01, 2016 |
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Rick Schuessler and I decided to do
our photography in Teton Valley Idaho today.
We drove up Highway 32 just north of Tetonia. Along this
road, we took some photos of an old house on a hill that
overlooks the valley and back at the Tetons. We
continued north and stopped to take photos of the old
Pillsbury grain elevator (now used to store seed
potatoes).
We then proceeded to Ashton and then south on Highway 20
to Highway 33. Drove that back to Driggs stopping at the
scenic overlook just before Tetonia.
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| Casa Budde West |
| Posted: August 15, 2016 |
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We had a pretty terrific sunset last
night here in Driggs.
I have never seen this massive of a cloud formation
before at sunset. Just had to go outside with camera in
hand. Enjoyed this spectacle with my neighbor Jackie
Mullen.
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| July 4th Parade - Victor |
| Posted: July 04, 2016 |
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As usual, this was a great event
attended by a large crowd lining Main Street in Victor.
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| Teton Valley Sunset |
| Posted: September 05, 2015 |
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Rick Schuessler and I went out tonight to
catch the sunset here in Teton Valley.
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| Teton Valley |
| Posted: September 04, 2015 |
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Today we spent most of the day working on
home improvement projects and watched part
of the first Washington University
volleyball match which they won 3-0.
After those were completed, we drove the
west side of Teton Valley as Rick had not
seen that before.
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| July 4th Parade - Victor |
| Posted: July 04, 2015 |
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Today was the annual Fourth of July Parade
held in Victor Idaho.
There were a lot of parade participants as
well as spectators. There were marchers,
horses, old cars, local activity groups and
merchants in the parade. The oldest resident
in the valley was also featured and got a
great ovation from the spectators.
It seems everyone had a
good time especially the kids. They
scrambled to pick up candy being thrown by
folks on the floats.
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| Gray's Lake National Wildlife Area |
| Posted: June 30, 2013 |
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Gray's Lake is a wildlife area in Idaho that is
south of my place in Driggs. I have been meaning to go there for
a number of years and finally made it today.
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| July 4th Fireworks |
| Posted: June 29, 2013 |
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Yeah. I know it isn't The Fourth yet. The
Huntsman Springs folks who put on our fireworks here in Teton
Valley insist that it happen the weekend before the Fourth.
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| Teton Land Trust - Photo Walk |
| Posted: June 22, 2013 |
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The Teton Regional Land Trust sponsored a
"photo walk" at their most recent property, a four hundred acre
parcel of land along the Teton River. It was being headed by
Loren Woods, a Jackson photographer,
whom, I had met via email over this past winter.
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| Bear Lake Wildlife Refuge |
| Posted: June 23, 2012 |
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I was originally planning
a photo outing to the
Grays Lake Wildlife
Refuge but I missed a turn. As I have been
wanting to take a day trip to the Bear Lake
area at the border of Idaho and Utah and I
was almost there when I discovered I missed
my turn... what the hell.
There is a
Bear Lake Wildlife Refuge and wetlands where I wound
up taking photos. I got a few usable photos
but I would not say the area was worthy of
another visit.
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| Sand Dunes - St. Anthony |
| Posted: June 03, 2012 |
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I had always wanted to visit the St. Anthony Sand Dunes
only about 45 miles from Driggs. We decided on a "down day"
from hiking, so Steve, Kathy
and I decided that today was the day. Nice
area with some nice photo ops. I plan to
return someday.
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| Casa Budde West |
| Posted: September 01, 2010 |
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My bird feeder has attracted a number of
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| Driggs Parade |
| Posted: August 07, 2010 |
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Today was parade day in Driggs. There were a
lot of nicely restored cars along with folks
on horseback that participated.
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| Teton County Rodeo |
| Posted: July 23, 2010 |
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My good friends (Chuck & Meg Reller) from
Florida introduced me to the rodeo tonight. Quite fun.
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| Palisades Creek - Swan Valley |
| Posted: June 25, 2010 |
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This is one of my favorite hikes. I
introduced Chuck & Meg Reller to it today. They loved it!
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| Driggs Air Show |
| Posted: June 05, 2010 |
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This was a pretty impressive air show.
There is a doctor from Jackson that owns and
has restored a number of vintage airplanes.
A number of them are on display at The
Warbirds Cafe. You will occasionally see
them flying above Teton Valley but today
they were all in the air.
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| Fall Creek Falls - Swan Valley |
| Posted: May 25, 2010 |
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The beautiful Fall Creek Falls is featured
today. I had seen a photo in a magazine and
went looking for these falls. Not on the
beaten path but not too far to go to be
rewarded with this beautiful sight.
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| Palisades Creek - Swan Valley |
| Posted: July 10, 2008 |
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Did the Palisades Creek hike today with
Cleary Eckleman & Beth McIntosh.
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| Casa Budde West |
| Posted: July 06, 2008 |
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I was taking flower photos at Casa Budde
West. The next door neighbor's family was
visiting and the grand kids were playing in
the backyard.
I took some photos for the grand parents to
enjoy.
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| Teton Valley |
| Posted: August 23, 2007 |
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The Ferguson's and I decided that today we
would explore the west side of Teton Valley.
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| Swan Valley |
| Posted: August 03, 2007 |
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My good friends Mike & Judy Quirk were
visiting. We decided to head down to Swan
Valley.
We visited the old school house as well as
Fall Creek Road.
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| Teton Valley |
| Posted: July 15, 2005 |
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Took a swing up to Lower Mesa Falls and
around Teton Valley today.
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