Image 4350
f 6.6 @ 1/500, 90 mm, taken 2017:08:23 14:22:00.
The roadside wildflowers were quite lovely.
Image 4352
f 6 @ 1/500, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:23 14:31:43.
This one's just beginning to open.
Image 4355
f 5.6 @ 1/320, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:23 14:46:47.
There is a spruce grouse at the very center of this picture.
Image 4356
f 6 @ 1/400, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:23 14:46:49.
Another one flushes as I take photos.
Image 4358
f 7.4 @ 1/1000, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:23 14:48:11.
As we walk up the trail, which is a little under a mile long, but with an altitude gain of 600 feet, Star Valley comes into view.
Image 4359
f 8.4 @ 1/800, 24 mm, taken 2017:08:23 14:48:15.
Cedar Drive. Note that this portion of the road was one of the least irregular and rock strewn.
Image 4361
f 8.4 @ 1/640, 24 mm, taken 2017:08:23 14:49:59.
At the vehicle turn around. This is as far as an ATV or vehicle with high ground clearance can go. Regular cars might damage their undersides going this far, as the road is quite rocky and narrow. This is as far as I walked, too, suspecting that the local's bear warnings might have a grain of truth to them. That said, I saw no bears or other large animals, or even any sign of them.
Image 4362
f 7.4 @ 1/1250, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:23 14:50:03.
A telephoto view of Star Valley from the turn around.
End of the road.
Looking away from the valley, the path into the mountains continues.
Star valley.
The next day, Kathie and I walked up a trail that took us about a mile south of the vehicle turn aound. The view of Star Valley was excellent.
Image 4388
f 6 @ 1/200, 50 mm, taken 2017:08:24 12:15:06.
On our way back, there was a suprising pile of pine cones. We suspect that they are the work of an energetic squirrel.
Image 4561
f 7 @ 1/800, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:27 15:16:40.
Ken and I next walked the Cedar Drive trail. Ken noticed the moon peaking out from between the trees.
Image 4564
f 7.6 @ 1/1250, 105 mm, taken 2017:08:27 15:35:36.
Ken.