Snowy Range Scenic Byway Mountain Pass Road Report & Opening Date | Medicine Bow National Forest, Centennial, Wyoming
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Snowy Range Scenic Byway Mountain Pass Road Report & Opening Date | Medicine Bow National Forest, Centennial, Wyoming

Although the pass over the Snowy Range Mountains Scenic Byway in Medicine Bow National Forest west of Laramie and Centennial, Wyoming is still closed and won’t open until Memorial Day weekend, the spring melt has started in the alpine country and the rivers (and fish) are rising! You can’t drive all the way through Barber…

Changing Your Disposition | Inspirational and Motivational Quote For Seeking Happiness
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Changing Your Disposition | Inspirational and Motivational Quote For Seeking Happiness

“He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.” – Samuel Johnson All nature, landscape, and adventure photographs from Wyoming and the Rocky Mountains are available for stock licensing or as a fine art archival wall print….

Rare Total Lunar Eclipse, Blue Moon, and Super Moon January 31, 2018: When and How to See it, Photograph it, and Watch Live: From Laramie, Wyoming Professional Photographer
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Rare Total Lunar Eclipse, Blue Moon, and Super Moon January 31, 2018: When and How to See it, Photograph it, and Watch Live: From Laramie, Wyoming Professional Photographer

What is so special about this Total Lunar Eclipse? The last time a supermoon, blue moon, and total lunar eclipse coincided as one big cosmic event visible from Earth was 35 years ago in December 1982 and the last time it was seen in America was 150 years ago according to National Geographic. Although a…

Why fall in the mountains is a rare sight to see
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Why fall in the mountains is a rare sight to see

The seasons change, the leaves start to turn, and then just when you think you’re going to spend the next few weeks enjoying the beautiful fall colors, the same unthinkable event happens: snow. Fall above 8,000 feet in the mountains of Wyoming seems to progress the same every year. The leaves start to turn around…

The Calm After the Storm: Sun, Snow, and -30 Degrees in Laramie, Wyoming
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The Calm After the Storm: Sun, Snow, and -30 Degrees in Laramie, Wyoming

Know that feeling when you wake up in the morning after a snow storm and can’t wait to open your window and see how many inches of powder are covering your neighborhood?  Today was one of those days for Wyomingites across the state hoping for a rare and elusive Rocky Mountain snow day. Wyoming may get…

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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…

Karen and Michael’s Dreamy Western Winter Wedding
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Karen and Michael’s Dreamy Western Winter Wedding

Karen and Michael’s dreamy western wedding took place in the middle of a big winter snow storm in mid-December on the high plains in Laramie, Wyoming.  The bride was well suited for the cold weather with the most gorgeous handmade deerskin wedding dress you’ve ever seen by Celeste Sotola at Montana Dreamwear.  The custom made pearls and copper…

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…