An amazing trip from June 18th until June 27th.  Spent 4 full days in Yellowstone (highlights included - Yellowstone Lake hotel, geysers, mudpots, bears, innumerable elk and bisons/buffalos, waterfalls, Mammoth springs (simply incredible), Old Faithful inn, Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone canyon, etc, etc). Preceded and followed up by Grand Tetons ( Read more... )

Just came back from a spectacular trip to New Mexico - colors, shapes, vistas - are just out of this world. There is so much to explore!  On the way to NM, we spend one night in Trinidad, CO -  and I only managed to get a glimpse of the gorgeous Spanish Peaks from I-25.   I so want to go back and explore the area some more ( Read more... )

The Estes Park would not be such a magical place without animals. Driving through the park we encountered a large (25-30 heads) herd of elk. As we were sitting in the car watching the animals, they started to cross the road. Almost every elk stopped mid-road to look at the parked cars and the people in them. I really wonder who was watching whom ( Read more... )

It is a bit strange to be in Chicago and it is not Christmas time (where is the snow? :))... Both days we've been here it has been surprisingly sunny and  warm, with temperatures in mid-60ties. But my in-laws were telling me that those are the first 2 sunny days in the last 3 weeks or so.   And because it is such a nice fall day here, we went to ( Read more... )

I finally got some time to post the photos i took while driving around Fort Collins on the way to Wyoming back in April.

Wind farm about 100 miles east, I believe, from Hays, Kansas.  Shot from the car window at approx. 75 mph (therefore, turned out a bit blurry).   God, I love this country (particularly everything that is west of the Mississippi river).

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I believe this is the place where they shoot the movie "Shining".  Despite still being scared out of the wits by the movie, I would love to have a chance to stay at the hotel and enjoy the hiking or a skiing trip.  This is not likely to happen this year, but in the future, this is something for me to look for.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/ ( Read more... )

Despite of all the cold and crazy weather, Chicago is still looking good.  At the end of our week-long stay, the weather improved somewhat, so that we could finally venture outside and I could snap a few photos.


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