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Take a Drive Through the Snowy Range Scenic Byway in Wyoming on Opening Day

The Snowy Range Scenic Byway is closed for about half the year, but when the road opens for the first time after a long winter, you wouldn’t believe the size of the snow banks!  The opening of the pass over the Snowies officially marks the start of the summer season in the high country, although…

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Wild Women: Leader in Yoga, Running, and Blogging Jen Banks

Jen Banks is one of the featured women in The Wild Women Exhibition and is a leader in yoga, running, and blogging using her experiences to give back and make a change for the better in our community.  When Jen found out she was nominated to be a featured as a wild woman, she was a little shocked.  She says…

Winter Engagement Session at Vedauwoo, Wyoming: Jordan and Quin
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Winter Engagement Session at Vedauwoo, Wyoming: Jordan and Quin

They were two ski lovers both attending the University of Wyoming, living life happily in Laramie.  They fell in love, and on one winter day, skiing on the trails outside of town in the mountains, he proposed.  Jordan and Quin are both fun, lighthearted people who were actually bummed that it didn’t snow during their engagement session.  These…

10 Mountain Moments To Be Thankful For
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10 Mountain Moments To Be Thankful For

Sometimes when life has you down and the bitter cold rain, snow and wind is howling outside, it helps to remind yourself of all the beautiful experiences you love the most about the great outdoors… and that summertime and sunny days will be here again in due time. “Once you realize that the road is the goal, and that you are…

Milky Way Star Photography from my Camping Trip for the Perseids Meteor Shower at 10,000 ft in the Mountains of Wyoming
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Milky Way Star Photography from my Camping Trip for the Perseids Meteor Shower at 10,000 ft in the Mountains of Wyoming

I’m sure you all know the feeling you get when you get caught up in the chores of day to day life and forget to cut yourself a little slack and live a little sometimes.  First off, before I go any further, let me say that not once, never, ever can I remember regretting a…

Wedding – Amy + James – Outdoor Irish Wedding at Windy Hills Guest House, Wyoming
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Wedding – Amy + James – Outdoor Irish Wedding at Windy Hills Guest House, Wyoming

When Amy and James asked me if I would be be their photographer for their Irish-American barefoot sunset wedding outside of Curt Gowdy State Park, Wyoming, my answer was yes before they could even tell me there was going to be a traditional Irish mead toast – with accompanying custom made wooden mead glasses.   Did I…

Spring has officially arrived
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Spring has officially arrived

Well, spring has officially come early to Wyoming — about a month or two earlier than last year! The flowers on the prairies are blooming already, and spring rains are turning everything green again. It always amazes me how persistent life can be out on the harsh high plains around Wyoming.  No matter how long, grueling, cold, and bitterly windy…