{"id":13411,"date":"2024-11-10T10:31:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T15:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/?p=13411"},"modified":"2024-11-15T11:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:49:35","slug":"back-from-the-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/?p=13411","title":{"rendered":"Back from the Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September Park Photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We’re back from our September cross country vacation. This article is delayed a bit since we took a second trip out west in October. \n\nNow that I’ve had some time to organize, I’ll share a few pictures from September – concentrating on wildlife and some scenics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of our first visits was to Mono Lake<\/strong> in California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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These craggy structure is called a tufa. They are unique to the Mono Lake ecosystem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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These pretty Indian Paintbrush plants along the shores of Mono Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A few days later and 1100 miles north we arrive at Glacier National Park<\/strong>. That’s the McDonald Creek in the valley below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Beargrass cover many of the higher slopes in Glacier <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This deer was grazing close to the road near Logan Pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Logan Pass sits near the top of Going-To-The-Sun Road. This trail takes you to Hidden Lake adjacent to Bearhat Mountain <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Looking from above into one of the many valleys in Glacier. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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We drove south to Mammoth Hot Springs in the north part of Yellowstone.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I spotted a Clark’s Nutcracker on a short walk along one of the trails <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Here’s a close up look at one of the travertine terraces at Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A small group of bighorn sheet grazing in the Lamar Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A herd of bison marching in the Lamar Valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Using a long lens I captured these mountain goats a few hundred yards away in the Barronette area of Yellowstone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Badlands<\/strong> was the final park that we stopped at this trip out west.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The range of the bison includes The Badlands in South Dakota.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a few national park stickers from our sister company StickItToYourCar.com<\/a> that decorate our car’s bumper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We hope you liked seeing some of the pictures from our September vacation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by: Arnie Lee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September Park Photos We’re back from our September cross country vacation. This article is delayed a bit since we took a second trip out west in October. Now that I’ve had some time to organize, I’ll share a few pictures … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,101,780,97,28,143],"tags":[1094,1096,439,1095,1098,1099,613,485,385],"class_list":["post-13411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-informational","category-landscapes","category-personal","category-photographs","category-scenic","category-travel","category-wildlife","tag-badlands","tag-fauna","tag-glacier","tag-momo-lake","tag-montana","tag-south-dakota","tag-wildlife","tag-wyoming","tag-yellowstone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13411"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13475,"href":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13411\/revisions\/13475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayfocusedpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}