This time of year really reminds me how enviable the bear lifestyle is. Swim in river. Catch and eat fish. Get big. Sleep for 7 1/2 months. Wake up skinny again. Repeat.

The preacher promised skies would split, The saints ascend, the sinners sit. Instead the sky just stayed quite blue, And Walmart opened right on cue. Guess I’m gonna feel pretty silly tomorrow if the #rapture actually occurs 😇

Another pic I took in the upper #geyser basin a few weeks back… #scape #photography

Another pic from yesterday’s #hike … a beautiful late summer day…. #scape #photography

Yesterday’s #hike … a journey to Pilot & Index 🏔️ #scape #photography

Freedom without #freespeech is an illusion. Free speech is the very bedrock foundation of #liberty… a society without free speech exists in #shackles. Silence serves rulers, not citizens, and truth dies where words are #forbidden. “Freedom” becomes nothing but a #hollow word, and our country rots.

A pic I took on this morning’s #hike… Looks like I wasn’t the only one roaming around out there…🐻 #keepitwild

A little video from my #hike a few days ago… Feel free to simply breathe for the next 30 seconds or so… #mountain #zen

Free speech is America’s shield against tyranny. Take it away and we citizens become subjects, debate becomes propaganda, and truth becomes whatever the rich/powerful decree. If we surrender speech, we surrender freedom. Defend it loudly, because silence is the graveyard of democracy.

So right-wing podcasters have free speech. But left-wing comedians who quote the right-wing podcasters do not. Got it.

Morning light at the trailhead this morning…🌞 #hikeyourownhike #photography

A little fresh snow up there on yesterday‘s #hike… We’re well into autumn up in the high country 🍂 #scape #photography

Colors are popping and temps are dropping (low 30s) up on top for this morning’s #hike #selfie #scape #photography

Morning along the trail… starting to see more of those yellows/golds of #autumn 🍂

A pic from today’s #hike… Thankfully there are still a few corners of our country left that aren’t a complete #shitshow 🏔️

A couple pics from today’s #hike… Beautiful day, not a MAGA/Groyper in sight… Just one little black #bear 🐻 which is infinitely preferable in my book.

Along the trail this week…☁️ #hike #scape #photography

I’m not sure how many thousands of hours I stood watch during my years in the military, but I can tell you how many this dude has, and it’s the same as the amount of personal integrity and competence he possesses: #zero

Finished up my latest #cuttingboard - walnut with a maple inlay. Not sure if I made an #octopus or a Kraken, but I did find that if you drink enough whiskey it looks like it’s swimming. #woodworking

Along the trail on one of this week’s hikes ☁️ #mood #scape #photography

Back in the early 80s we were at submarine training in New London, Connecticut-one weekend we took the train down to New York. One of our visits in Manhattan was to the top of the #WorldTradeCenter… I still remember what a hell of a view it was from up there.

Heading down the #trail on yesterday‘s #hike… Had just stepped over a big pile of fresh bear scat 🐻 #photography

A closer look at that #grizzly #bear I saw a couple weeks ago (with a telephoto lens from the safety of my truck cab!) Anybody want to go pull those burrs off his leg fur for him? #wildlife #photography

The fat coward who faked bonespurs to avoid military service and said he “likes people who didn’t get captured” — and the West Point alumni can only whimper and cower … pretty f’ing pathetic.

I woke up this morning and thought “this would be a good day to do some house cleaning”. Then I laughed and went #hiking. Here’s a pic from the trail today… #photography

Last week in the #geyser basin…. #scape #photography

A pic from my last #hike … plenty of room to roam… #scape #photography

A pic from yesterday’s #hike - The pink #snow is caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis, an algae that thrives in the cold high altitude environment. These algae release pink pigment as a protective barrier against the sun throughout the summer snowmelt & then go dormant in winter.

Way to be courageous there West Point alumni #cowardice

Not my best photo… but it does have a #pelican with a fish in its mouth, and in the upper right corner, a great horned #owl #photography

Some crazy colors in the #geyser basin yesterday… #photography

Sick…weak…pathetic. #cadetbonespurs

A hazy late summer day for the #bison in Lamar Valley yesterday #photography

Got up this morning and decided to spend the day making a drive through #Yellowstone… I estimate there were about 10 million other people in the park… Serves me right for going on Labor Day week Friday I guess. Did take a couple pictures though. #photography

A little moment of zen from today’s #hike ☁️ #photography

How much suffering and how many needless deaths is this complete whackjob going to be responsible for? FFS America…

Wandering through a #Yellowstone geyser basin last week #photography

This morning’s ride on my Himalayan….to the brink of Hellroaring Plateau 🏔️ #motosky #motorcycle #photography

Taking a little break on yesterday’s #hike — gazing across the Little Rock drainage 🏔️ #photography

Out there on one of last week’s hikes…taking a break from the insanity. #hikeyourownhike

A pic from one of last weeks’s hikes… A couple of the last little snowfields left up there at around 10,500’… #scape #photography

Visiting a #Yellowstone Lake geyser basin this week… #photography

#Hummingbirds are still hanging around the garden… But won’t be too much longer before they hit the road for this year… #photography

Looking across the #BuffaloBill Reservoir earlier this week… #scape #photography

The mood of #Yellowstone Lake earlier this week… #scape #photography

Along the #Shoshone River yesterday….pretty cool 🐻 #grizzly #bear

Along the shores of #Yellowstone Lake this afternoon… #photography #geyserbasin