And we also got to visit with some of our ASU football tailgating friends and check out their amazing new house in the Teton Valley, featuring great views of the western side of the Tetons. 🏷️25.06B

We got to visit some of our favorite parkchat friends, which was really great. 🏷️25.06B

It’s time for Jen to fly home, but first a celebratory beverage for an excellent and productive four day weekend away. After dropping her off at the airport in a few minutes, I’ll start making my way home, camping a couple times along the way. Really enjoyed this trip! 🏷️25.06B

Watch your step 🏷️25.06B

πŸ“ Lemmon Falls, ID 🏷️ 25.06B

πŸ“ Niagara Springs, ID 🏷️ 25.06B

πŸ“ Perrine Coulee Falls, ID 🏷️ 25.06B

πŸ“ Shoshone Falls, ID 🏷️ 25.06B

πŸ“ Twin Falls, ID 🏷️ 25.06B

This old dam on Salmon Falls Creek isn’t leakingβ€”but the adjacent rocks are. Evidently, the water held in the reservoir has found some fractures in the rock, and is now slowly seeping out to the canyon downstream. 🏷️25.06B

We stopped at Koto Brewing in Twin Falls to mark off an Idaho brewery for Jen. It’s named after a Japanese-American man who had built a successful cafe here but was interned at nearby Minidoka during WWII. Not only is the brewery named after Koto, but it’s even in the same brick building as his cafe. 🏷️25.06B

The city of West Wendover is the only portion of Nevada legally in the Mountain Time Zone.

Why? Well, because it has the closest casinos and weed dispensaries to metro Salt Lake, so it’s more connected to folks coming from Utah than from other areas of rural Nevada.

Funny how that works…

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This art installation, just off I-80 along the Bonneville Salt Flat, is apparently called the Metaphor: The Tree of Utah. Uh yeah, sorta weird.

Look, I’ve been to Pando, and if there’s any β€œtree of Utah,” it’s gotta be that one.

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πŸ“ Salmon Falls Creek, ID 🏷️ 25.06B

Bonneville Salt Flats 🏷️25.06B

A morning in Bryce Canyon National Park

It’s been a long time since I visited Bryce Canyon, so it seemed like a great spot to camp on my way to Salt Lake City. As per tradition, I arrived long after dark, so I’d only have a few hours in the morning in the park. I ended up driving each of the major viewpoints, snapping off some photos on my both my iPhone and Nikon Z5 (though I only brought my 24-50mm lens on the trip). Here are some of the phone shots.

A helluva place to lose a cow. 🏷️25.06B

An (unfortunate) sign of the times? Delicate Arch as backdrop for a sketchy ATM. 🏷️25.06B

Had a chance to finally get together with @mattplatt@onephoto.club for a beverage. It’s always great to turn inline connections into IRL relationships, and I think we had originally planned this six years ago. Glad to finally make it happen

New Costco soda sizes just dropped. 🏷️25.06B