I goat a hug!

I was sitting on the rock when he came over and hugged me, when I hugged back this moment of mutual happiness occurred.
(Photo by my brother K-A. There's a whole series of these.)

And yea, I have been in Norway, by the way.

The eyes have it?

Walpurgis

Walpurgis was windy, and cold, which was a great blessing as it meant no rowdy drunk kids screaming outside my house. It is, however, hard to take good photos of crocus when it is that windy. 

Aug 10th; Driving to SLC, Last leg

...down through Cache Natl. Forest/Cache Canyon

Blurry photos due to high speed :) Fun ride! This leg actually reminded me of Norway. 

The roadside was covered in sunflowers. 

Aug 10th; Driving to SLC, Bear Lake

Aug 10th; Driving to SLC, Jackson to Bear Lake

Aug 10th, Flowers in Jackson(WY)

Aug 10th: Driving to SLC, Grand Tetons

Friendships

I am out of spoons, no spares. I can only hope a night of sleep will give me enough to handle tomorrow, but I'll get through it somehow. But my brain is happy, elated, sated with thoughts and ideas and emotions. I am so very very privileged.

Aug 10th: Driving back south to SLC: Through Yellowstone

It was raining on the first leg of the trip. Sad for the view, but good for the temperature. 

Aug 10th, MT

We were sitting around, eating breakfast, when one of the guys came over and asks "have anyone ever broken into a car?" in a worried tone. Almost everybody present raised their hand....

Protip; don't lock yourself out of your car on a camping some miles outside of the desolate tourist town of West Yellowstone, MT. Because the combined skills of all the scientists present weren't enough to get into the car. 

Aug 9th: Camping outside of West Yellowstone, MT.

Aug 9th: Camping

Aug 9th; Yellowstone

Aug 9th: Yellowstone, Canyon Falls

Closeup of colours

Aug 8th: More hot springs - COLOURS

Aug 8th: Hot springs and geysirs