Brilliant gold foliage in Teton Valley, Idaho now with Aspen and Cottonwood trees showing their full color. A great time to be here! #tetonvalleyidaho #bestofthegemstate #driggsidaho #fallfoliageineasternidaho cynthia October 13, 2024 Uncategorized You Might Also Like Fox in our backyard, enduring a late season snowfall the night before last. It was trying to hunt, but seemed distracted by the weather. #bestofthegemstate #driggsidaho #tetonvalleyidaho #foxinthebackyard #orcuttphotography.com May 7, 2025 Bobby Socks Trees, Yellowstone National Park. Several weeks ago we drove to Yellowstone for the weekend, and noticed these white bottom tree trunks. From Wikipedia we learned about the cause: “These are lodgepole pines that died by shifting hot spring run-off. By capillary action the trees soaked up mineral laden water, which colors their bases white and retards decay. Dissolved minerals in the water deposited a crust of white silica on the bottom of the dead trees and stumps. This silica, a non-crystalline compound, slowly impregnates the wood and over time, with the absence of oxygen, could eventually petrify the wood. These skeletons have stood here for decades.” #bobbysockstrees #yellowstonenationalpark #lodgepolepines May 9, 2024 Above the clouds this morning, driving over Teton Pass from Idaho to Jackson Hole. #tetonpass #jacksonhole #tetonvalleyidaho August 19, 2024
Fox in our backyard, enduring a late season snowfall the night before last. It was trying to hunt, but seemed distracted by the weather. #bestofthegemstate #driggsidaho #tetonvalleyidaho #foxinthebackyard #orcuttphotography.com May 7, 2025
Bobby Socks Trees, Yellowstone National Park. Several weeks ago we drove to Yellowstone for the weekend, and noticed these white bottom tree trunks. From Wikipedia we learned about the cause: “These are lodgepole pines that died by shifting hot spring run-off. By capillary action the trees soaked up mineral laden water, which colors their bases white and retards decay. Dissolved minerals in the water deposited a crust of white silica on the bottom of the dead trees and stumps. This silica, a non-crystalline compound, slowly impregnates the wood and over time, with the absence of oxygen, could eventually petrify the wood. These skeletons have stood here for decades.” #bobbysockstrees #yellowstonenationalpark #lodgepolepines May 9, 2024
Above the clouds this morning, driving over Teton Pass from Idaho to Jackson Hole. #tetonpass #jacksonhole #tetonvalleyidaho August 19, 2024
