John Muir once said: “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity.” Working on a computer more often than we would like, Muir’s thoughts really resonate with us. We spend many hours in front of many screens. Stresses that, I’m certain, would have made Muir quake in his hiking boots.
When we visited the mountains, many of the tundra grasses had gone to seed; an impressive feat as the unimaginably short growing season came to a close. We spent the days hiking past moose and marmot alike, struggling to take oxygen into our badly-adapted midwestern lungs. While we took one last pause to take everything in while the daily thunderstorm loomed in the distance, I think it became clear to us what Muir really meant. This is not a luxury or a vacation to us anymore. It’s something we physically need. When we left the mountains it felt like saying goodbye to an old friend, and although we had just been introduced, it became apparent that, all this time, we had been homesick for a place we had never been.









































Holy wow. These photos are breathtaking! Just beautiful!!
Thanks Julia! We were in awe pretty much the whole time.
what a sunset! and that moose!
yes, yes! That sunset was so unexpected, we nearly missed seeing it because of how tired out we were that day. Thankfully we had to run outside to get something and saw the mountains lit up like that.
the moose actually gave me shivers!!
also, the horses at dusk left me in a state of longing.
beautifully captured.
Thanks Brooke! That moose was so crazy to see. We had the telephoto lens on to get both of those shots, but for a while he was standing in the middle of the trail we needed to pass in order to get back to our car. Finally he headed back up the side of the mountain, but not before looking right at me holding my camera. I took that shot of him looking at me, and then very, very slowly sidestepped so a tree was between our line of sight- I didn’t want him to think my camera was some huge eyeball staring him down as a challenge, ha!
Sublime.
Beautiful photos as always.
A constant source of inspiration.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Oh my word, so much beauty. Don’t you just want to build a cabin in the middle of it all?
Sarah Jane, your Grandpa Scott would have been so proud of you. I wish he could have seen these. Hope your Grandpa Creuzinger has seen them. They are fantastic! Glad you had the chance to enjoy GOD’s beauty and the ability to capture it for us! Love you girl, keep going
Breathtaking landscapes!!! Bravo!
holy moly!!!!