Fort at the Edge of the World: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, April 2008 Today was the last day for our little excursion. We decided to stop in St. Augustine for a bit on our way down the coast. St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city, and the oldest port in the continental United States. When construction began on the Castillo de San Marcos in 1672, this masonry fort was literally on the edge of the known world to the Europeans who settled here.
Greetings from the Beach: Rachelle and I are away relaxing for a few days at the beach. We dropped Emily off with my parents over the weekend and have been enjoying ourselves for the past few days.
Morning Light on the Badlands: Badlands National Park, September 2003
Elk in the Woods: Yellowstone National Park, September 2003 Throughout our visit to Yellowstone, Rachelle and I heard the evidence of elk in the rut. While we were hiking through the Upper Geyser Basin we repeatedly heard a male elk bugling from the woods nearby. We caught a few glimpses of him and the females with him in the woods. And as it sounded like they were getting closer, we decided to wait on the boardwalk to see if we could get a better view. Suddenly, this male came out of the woods and stood astride the boardwalk not twenty feet away, as if posing for a photograph. Unfortunately, I had my telephoto lens on my camera, and despite our frantic efforts to switch lenses to a shorter one, he stepped off the boardwalk before I could oblige him.
Elk by the Water: Yellowstone National Park, September 2003 We watched this male elk and the females accompanying him as they made their way out of the woods and down to the water. It was a wonderful sight to see.
Minerva Terrace B&W: Yellowstone National Park, September 2003
Cathedral Group Under Bad Skies: Grand Teton National Park, September 2003
Cathedral Group Under Clear Skies: Grand Teton National Park, September 2003
Yellow Flowers: Badlands National Park, September 2003
Yellow Mounds: Badlands National Park, September 2003