we found this little chick on the ground and away from curios kittens from the neighborhood. we placed him on a mini nest we built and placed close to the birdhouse hoping the mommy bird will rescue him. hopefully he survived…
Turtle crossing the street
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Studying
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Chris & Ida
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Road Trip 2012: en route to Moran (Wyoming)
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This leg of the trip was after the snowy range scenic byway. We finally reached Interstate 80 and Rawlins, WY and then took Highway 287 to Moran, WY where the Grand Tetons National park is located.
We were driving through some really nice scenic landscape. We made a few stops to snap some photos. The scenery is breathtaking to me, but I have to drive and reach our destination before it gets really dark because we were in the middle of the desert.
then in one of the towns we passed through, it started to rain down but before we were able to leave the town, a rainbow appeared, then it became a double rainbow, so we have to stop and snap some more…

how i wished i have a wide angle lens to capture the whole length of the rainbow…so i have to do what i can with what i have so i took another shot of the rainbow towards the other side…

then as left the town, i was looking for a nice foreground along the highway and decided to stop at this location, but the rainbow is starting to fade away now…

and so we continue to drive to our destination…we reached Moran at already dark I can’t see the sides of the roads no more. but here is another picture at one our stops…i tried to capture the landscape together with the road or highway we are going to take…

and here is a take of the beautiful sky as the sun is coming down…

from what i’ve seen along the highway, i can’t imagine what else is out there to explore. when you have the time to select and compose your shot. i believe this is one like an artist’s or a photographers paradise…
thanks for visiting…
Road Trip 2012: more pics from the snowy range…
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here are some more pics from the trip…
while we picnic at the foot of what a beautiful mountain…

I walked a little bit at a trail leading to lake marie…

a dark cloud was looming and we are about 30 miles out to the nearest interstate, we decided to move out. but the next pull out, we had to pull over…

and this one is by the side of the road…

where we parked out…i noticed this one…looks really old and seemed to tell a story by itself…

then we finally moved out heading to Saratoga and eventually to Rawlins enroute to Moran…long way to go…
Du Quoin Halloween Parade
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Halloween parades are happening all over the country right now, I believe. This is the time of the year that kids and kids at heart get to wear a costume of their choice and walk everywhere, generally for the candies…How the tradition came into being, i don’t know…but we just enjoy being outside and watch everyone having fun.
The one we just had here in Du Quoin was no exception. It was a lot of fun…It is one of the reason to get out into a nice warm evening and enjoy it…
Everyone was patient. Roads were blocked and everyone lined on the sidewalks waiting. then the flag bearers started led the parade…

The costumes were all varied…
from the princess…(well she is dressed up but I guess not as a costume,
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to the shark that swallowed a human…

but of course, these local events would not be complete without…the funnel cakes…

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