What a beautiful day today was. With such beauty comes the desire to share my day with you. While I was in college, one of my photography classes had me do an assignment where we posted one photo to a blog every single day. Since I’ve been such a slacker lately at updating my site, I thought this would be a great opportunity to get back into the habit of updating it.
Since today was very eventful and I saw more then one thing I wanted to show, I thought I’d post a few different photos.
I know the farming season will start very soon, and I have spent the entire week working for the school district. So what better thing to do then get out and enjoy the beauty of Star Valley (Freedom). So that’s what I did. This is a collection of some of the photos I took on the 25th and the 26th of April, 2009. Another reason why I wanted so much to get out and take photos is because of my Fathers Utah siblings whom have come up with a plan to “support” my grandparents–but in reality it’s selling off most of the dry farm to pay for a luxurious retirement for themselves… I have to enjoy it while I can, and pray for the best.
Tonight I went to the Teton Dam to do some photography. Since I didn’t happen to go home to Star Valley this weekend, I decided to take some photos of the surrounding area. Click “Read the rest of this entry” for all of the photos.
The Teton Dam broke in 1976, destroying many homes in Eastern Idaho. Rexburg, Idaho (where I go to school) has a museum dedicated to the event. More information on the Teton Dam catastrophe can be found at Wikipedia
My friend Bernt Jenkins came home to Star Valley over the weekend, bringing two very kind Russian friends of his with him. I went home to see them and to do a few other things too (namely get out of Rexburg for the weekend). We went on a dirt bike ride in the morning and the girls got pretty muddy—but they had a lot of fun. We then went to Jackson Hole and to Jenny Lake. On Sunday I had my birthday meal with the extended family (a tradition we’ve had in our family for as long as I can remember). Turned out to be a great weekend.
I went on a great bike ride up Caribou Mountain last Wednesday with Duston Turner, but I’ve been too lazy to write about it (I will later). I was, however, able to go out with my little bro Carson and enjoy a few minutes of the great outdoors. While we were stopped for a second I saw the biggest flock of Ravens I have ever seen, followed by a most beautiful sunset. It has been a great summer, and although I am looking forward to going back to school for a few reasons I have many things that I will miss about being in the beautiful Star Valley.