Riding up Ski Hill Road toward Targhee last week. Light snow on the Tetons now and more to come this coming week! #bestofthegemstate #targhee #altawyoming #tetonvalleyidaho #skihillroad cynthia October 25, 2024 Uncategorized You Might Also Like 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 Northern Lights seen from our front yard in Driggs, Idaho last week. #driggsidaho #tetonvalleyidaho #bestofthegemstate #northernlights #auroraborealis October 13, 2024 Two Canada Geese at Pacific Creek, Grand Teton National Park, a sign of spring! #grandtetonnationalpark #springphotography #orcuttphotography.com April 8, 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
Northern Lights seen from our front yard in Driggs, Idaho last week. #driggsidaho #tetonvalleyidaho #bestofthegemstate #northernlights #auroraborealis October 13, 2024
Two Canada Geese at Pacific Creek, Grand Teton National Park, a sign of spring! #grandtetonnationalpark #springphotography #orcuttphotography.com April 8, 2025
