Durango, Telluride, Black Bear pass

These mountains are sooo beautiful! The jeep performed magnificently. This was the lest leg of our trip before we headed home, it was a bittersweet end to the grand adventure.

Driving through alpine scenery

We had some friends meet us in Colorado!

The steep path up the mountain, the CJ-5 was a champ!

The Sangre de Cristos, Colorful Colorado!

High country

At the top of the pass

We hit the top to see the sun light up the mountains. 

At the top of Black Bear pass

Rugged country

Heading down the mountain

The road is amazing, I love it. 

High mountain lake

Mountain wildflowers

Descending "the steppes" 

Down toward Telluride, the trail is rough 

The trail is dangerous

This jeep went down the mountain shortly before us

Bridal Veil falls

HDR

The first moose we saw in Colorado

Big bull

Southern Colorado

We drove from Yellowstone to Glenwood springs in a day. I love Colorado, and I cant wait to explore more around here.

Mine near Silverton

Our Campground near Glenwood Springs

The Wyoming state highway turned to dirt when it crossed the Colorado line

Tepee, in the campsite we spent a night at.  

Yellowstone and Grand Teton

Yellowstone is a photographers playground. The colors there are ridiculous and practically begged me to work with them in HDR. 

Sulfure pool outlet, high concentrations of minerals in the water give it it's various colors 

Norris Geyser Basin, HDR 

The land is wiped clean in some places by the boiling water from the thermal features and concentrated minerals in the water 

 American Bison, highly skilled at causing traffic jams

 Mammoth hot springs

 Mammoth hot springs from the top

The outlet of a thermal feature, the deposits have built up over years and are now large mounds of colorful rock 

 Fire damage

 Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

 This Bison decided to allow vehicles to use the road for a few minutes

 The Yellowstone river, HDR

 Obligatory trip to Old Faithful

 Sunset over the Snake river, in Grand Teton National Park

 The Milky Way over the Snake river

 Canoeing in Jackson Lake

 The Magnificent Tetons

 Looking across Jenny lake

The dirt state highway we used to exit Wyoming

Glacier Nation Park and Western Montana

These are some of my favorites from Western Montana and Glacier National Park. We entered Montana from the Southwest side, went through Missoula, the up toward Flathead lake, and then into Glacier. Once we crossed the Montana line, it rained on us for 5 days straight, This made exploring Glacier more of a challenge, but we stuck it out camping for 3 days. After a few days in Glacier we headed south trying to escape the weather. We finally broke out of the freezing rain near Bozemann. 

The Hungry Horse Dam 

Providing power for the northwest 

The rain made for dramatic scenery. Huge glacier carved peaks disappearing into the clouds.  

 River rocks, they were shockingly colorful

Cloud timelapse

 Our trusty adventure wagon

Our trusty adventure dog, in the rain at lower St. Mary lake 

The water would build up on the edges of our shelter tarp and then fall off in sheets 

An old hotel, near Three Forks. They didn't have any beds for us that night 

 The headwaters of the Missouri river

 Traveling down lonely dirt roads and through farmland

Fields of wheat, with snow capped peaks looking over them 

Adventure Will