Today Larry and I decided to take a drive ... to Wyoming. We loaded my camera and tripod and off we went. I love photographing old buildings, wildlife, and pretty much anything outdoors. I'm not Ansel Adams but I like to think that some of my pictures are worthy of a WOW every now and then.
We ran across a whole bunch of wild turkeys. They seemed to just follow each other and were stumped on how to get through the barb wire fence. Finally one of the turkeys ducked and went through, so they all followed along.
As we drove along Palisades Reservoir, we came across some ice fishermen. It looked so cool seeing the red fishing hut on the white ice. Of course, we had to stop. There were so many opportunities to pull over and look at the reservoir. It is still frozen but it looked like clouds with the real clouds casting shadows. It was beautiful.
While we were driving along the reservoir, we made note of several campgrounds. We will be going back to those campgrounds so Larry can do some fishing at the reservoir. Since we both have Fridays off, it is perfect.
When we got to Alpine, Wyoming, we just kept on going on Hwy. 89 heading towards Star Valley, Wyoming. Along the way there were some great barns and old buildings. Once again, we stopped and stopped and stopped .... you get the picture. We looked like typical tourists. Driving slow and all of a sudden just pulling over. I'm sure the crazy drivers on Hwy. 89 did not like us at all.
We came across an Elk Farm (we think it is part of the Fish and Game). The funny thing was, the gate was open but the Elk did not want to leave. Larry said as long as they are being provided their food, why would they? It seemed to be the popular stopping point for several cars.
Once we left the Star Valley area, we went back to Alpine, Wyoming and headed East towards Jackson Hole. We stopped along the way and enjoyed the scenery along the Snake River. We started to get hungry so we decided to turn around and head back for some lunch.
The sky was so beautiful and it was so peaceful. Next time, we will continue onto Hoback Junction.
On our way to Ririe (where there was a Subway), we saw another barn that I really liked. We also saw a great barn in Swan Valley. All in all it was a relaxing, peaceful, wonderful way to spend a Sunday Drive in Idaho!
