where was i?
ah yes, the wyoming sunsets.
quickly approaching the rockies.
but first. the shoshone reservation which is what we caught at sunset.
oh. and btw. thats shoshone, as in phone. as opposed to shoshoni.
anyway. they had a fatty resevoir.
and it had sprinkled a bit and later cleared up leaving a double rainbow.
here we go, heading for me pot o' gold.
that shit got away from me as the sun started to set even further.
by morning we shall be amongst the rockies.

and here is the morning. this is a range in the rockies called the grand tetons. named by the french cuz i guess some of them actually take on the resemblance of tits.
not quite sure which ones really did it for them, but hey, they're french, eh?
it's kinda crazy how there's just some plains and then, BAM, there are them mountains.
actually, before the mountains there was this little hill. only on the north side did people decide to put houses. maybe the snow blows from the south so that hill blocks most of the drift. i guess there's enough snow around during the year that they have permanent signs up on the freeway banning snow plows from 10pm to 5am.
ah yes. then there's the thing that i was surprised to see. the snake winds all the way from washington state to end up here in wyoming. you can't really tell from the picture, but it's pretty deep. wish i had time to dive in.

finally. the last big thing we saw has arrived. yellowstone. its just to the north of the teton national park. remember that little fire that yellowstone had a bit back. was it '88? i should remember, i was just there. but anyway. the forest is still trying to recover.
other than the dead field of trees, the first awesome thing we came upon was this here waterfall.
since the continental divide is damn near around every corner, the source of this waterfall had to be close. and here it is: Yellowstone Lake. the lake is set in the center of a giant caldera that was created millions of years ago. strung around the caldera are geysers: heated pools of water that are sometimes prompted to spit 30 to 50 feet in the air.
but first, just beyond the lake was another waterfall.
and unfortunately we won't get past this waterfall tonight.
i guess i'll just have to leave you with the view below from the precipice where i took the pictures.