RPahre
@rpahre.bsky.social
Professing parks, politics, and photography.
The outlet channel from the #SnakeRiver #thermal area, looking up from the footbridge.
Park rules allow you to soak where these hot waters mix with the cold waters of the Snake, but you are responsible for your own safety in the #backcountry.
#backpacking #Yellowstone #photography #nationalparks
Park rules allow you to soak where these hot waters mix with the cold waters of the Snake, but you are responsible for your own safety in the #backcountry.
#backpacking #Yellowstone #photography #nationalparks
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The outlet channel from the #SnakeRiver #thermal area, looking up from the footbridge.
Park rules allow you to soak where these hot waters mix with the cold waters of the Snake, but you are responsible for your own safety in the #backcountry.
#backpacking #Yellowstone #photography #nationalparks
Park rules allow you to soak where these hot waters mix with the cold waters of the Snake, but you are responsible for your own safety in the #backcountry.
#backpacking #Yellowstone #photography #nationalparks
#Grizzly track on #FoxCreekTrail in #Yellowstone. Uphill from here, I met a sow and three cubs at about 15 yards/meters. They were lovely.
This family may be the one that had been harvesting berries at west #HeartLake two weeks earlier.
#photography #wildlife #nationalparks #outdoors
This family may be the one that had been harvesting berries at west #HeartLake two weeks earlier.
#photography #wildlife #nationalparks #outdoors
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#Grizzly track on #FoxCreekTrail in #Yellowstone. Uphill from here, I met a sow and three cubs at about 15 yards/meters. They were lovely.
This family may be the one that had been harvesting berries at west #HeartLake two weeks earlier.
#photography #wildlife #nationalparks #outdoors
This family may be the one that had been harvesting berries at west #HeartLake two weeks earlier.
#photography #wildlife #nationalparks #outdoors
It's been interesting to watch the shift in Fox News website coverage of #NoKings.
Before: "unrest," "fears of violence," "radicals," and so on.
After: acknowledging the demonstrations were peaceful but "Leftist," quoting participants' support for democracy, American values.
Before: "unrest," "fears of violence," "radicals," and so on.
After: acknowledging the demonstrations were peaceful but "Leftist," quoting participants' support for democracy, American values.
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It's been interesting to watch the shift in Fox News website coverage of #NoKings.
Before: "unrest," "fears of violence," "radicals," and so on.
After: acknowledging the demonstrations were peaceful but "Leftist," quoting participants' support for democracy, American values.
Before: "unrest," "fears of violence," "radicals," and so on.
After: acknowledging the demonstrations were peaceful but "Leftist," quoting participants' support for democracy, American values.
Apropos of nothing, but I maintain reviews of #backcountry campsites in some places, including #Yellowstone. My current favorite is 6D1 #LowerMountainCreek (pictured).
#backpacking #nationalparks #Wyoming
publish.illinois.edu/pahre/2017/0...
#backpacking #nationalparks #Wyoming
publish.illinois.edu/pahre/2017/0...
August 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Apropos of nothing, but I maintain reviews of #backcountry campsites in some places, including #Yellowstone. My current favorite is 6D1 #LowerMountainCreek (pictured).
#backpacking #nationalparks #Wyoming
publish.illinois.edu/pahre/2017/0...
#backpacking #nationalparks #Wyoming
publish.illinois.edu/pahre/2017/0...
Great views with all the modern conveniences for only a few dollars a night. These are *your* national parks!
#SandCreek #backpacking site, #GreatSandDunes #NationalPark.
#photography #outdoors #NPS #Colorado
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#SandCreek #backpacking site, #GreatSandDunes #NationalPark.
#photography #outdoors #NPS #Colorado
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June 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Great views with all the modern conveniences for only a few dollars a night. These are *your* national parks!
#SandCreek #backpacking site, #GreatSandDunes #NationalPark.
#photography #outdoors #NPS #Colorado
flic.kr/p/LJ8eak
#SandCreek #backpacking site, #GreatSandDunes #NationalPark.
#photography #outdoors #NPS #Colorado
flic.kr/p/LJ8eak
There's a too-common narrative that #USA did well during #COVID #pandemic. This week it's justifying attacks on #vaccines.
It's worth looking at data. The US did poorly among richer #OECD countries, with 2.5 x Canada's death rate. (#Canada is a typical rich country and like us in urbanization.)
It's worth looking at data. The US did poorly among richer #OECD countries, with 2.5 x Canada's death rate. (#Canada is a typical rich country and like us in urbanization.)
May 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#Sunset on the #PigeonRiver, at the end of the #GrandPortage.
At this site, the #voyageurs would put the year's supplies onto canoes headed west, while repacking #beaver #furs from canoes onto their backs for the portage to Lake Superior.
#photography #backpacking #Minnesota #nationalparks
At this site, the #voyageurs would put the year's supplies onto canoes headed west, while repacking #beaver #furs from canoes onto their backs for the portage to Lake Superior.
#photography #backpacking #Minnesota #nationalparks
April 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#Sunset on the #PigeonRiver, at the end of the #GrandPortage.
At this site, the #voyageurs would put the year's supplies onto canoes headed west, while repacking #beaver #furs from canoes onto their backs for the portage to Lake Superior.
#photography #backpacking #Minnesota #nationalparks
At this site, the #voyageurs would put the year's supplies onto canoes headed west, while repacking #beaver #furs from canoes onto their backs for the portage to Lake Superior.
#photography #backpacking #Minnesota #nationalparks
After setting up camp, it was time to explore the #ShoshoneGeyserBasin - the largest geyser basin in #Yellowstone without a road. It's also larger than any other basin in the world other than the big three in Yellowstone.
#photography #backpacking #nature #outdoors #geyser
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#photography #backpacking #nature #outdoors #geyser
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March 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
After setting up camp, it was time to explore the #ShoshoneGeyserBasin - the largest geyser basin in #Yellowstone without a road. It's also larger than any other basin in the world other than the big three in Yellowstone.
#photography #backpacking #nature #outdoors #geyser
flic.kr/p/2n12xzF
#photography #backpacking #nature #outdoors #geyser
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This #red-tailedhawk kept watch over the #DeLacyCreek drainage. It tolerated me without difficulty, preferring to look for rodents in the grasslands.
#photography #birds #birdsofprey #hawks #Yellowstone #backpacking #nature #outdoors
#photography #birds #birdsofprey #hawks #Yellowstone #backpacking #nature #outdoors
March 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This #red-tailedhawk kept watch over the #DeLacyCreek drainage. It tolerated me without difficulty, preferring to look for rodents in the grasslands.
#photography #birds #birdsofprey #hawks #Yellowstone #backpacking #nature #outdoors
#photography #birds #birdsofprey #hawks #Yellowstone #backpacking #nature #outdoors
#DeLacyCreek gradually gives way to wetlands as you approach #ShoshoneLake in #Yellowstone.
Day hikers should have lunch, explore as they like, and return. #Backpacking? Camp here, go around lake, or overnight to #ShoshoneGeyserBasin.
#photography #outdoors #nationalparks
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Day hikers should have lunch, explore as they like, and return. #Backpacking? Camp here, go around lake, or overnight to #ShoshoneGeyserBasin.
#photography #outdoors #nationalparks
flic.kr/p/2h56iKg
March 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#DeLacyCreek gradually gives way to wetlands as you approach #ShoshoneLake in #Yellowstone.
Day hikers should have lunch, explore as they like, and return. #Backpacking? Camp here, go around lake, or overnight to #ShoshoneGeyserBasin.
#photography #outdoors #nationalparks
flic.kr/p/2h56iKg
Day hikers should have lunch, explore as they like, and return. #Backpacking? Camp here, go around lake, or overnight to #ShoshoneGeyserBasin.
#photography #outdoors #nationalparks
flic.kr/p/2h56iKg
The #trail along #DeLacyCreek starts with this nondescript forest scene. It will take us to #ShoshoneLake and then to camp near the #ShoshoneGeyserBasin.
#Yellowstone #backpacking #nationalparks #photography #outdoors
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#Yellowstone #backpacking #nationalparks #photography #outdoors
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March 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The #trail along #DeLacyCreek starts with this nondescript forest scene. It will take us to #ShoshoneLake and then to camp near the #ShoshoneGeyserBasin.
#Yellowstone #backpacking #nationalparks #photography #outdoors
flic.kr/p/2h5YoRW
#Yellowstone #backpacking #nationalparks #photography #outdoors
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Eventually the route takes you out of the bush and into the #tundra. No trail, but I think you can find the route without difficulty.
#photography #nature #Denali #Alaska #SableMountain #nationalparks
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#photography #nature #Denali #Alaska #SableMountain #nationalparks
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February 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Eventually the route takes you out of the bush and into the #tundra. No trail, but I think you can find the route without difficulty.
#photography #nature #Denali #Alaska #SableMountain #nationalparks
flic.kr/p/2iBpAtR
#photography #nature #Denali #Alaska #SableMountain #nationalparks
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Here's the full vertical image showing our destination, #SableMountain. I don't know why #Bluesky crops previews on links.
February 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here's the full vertical image showing our destination, #SableMountain. I don't know why #Bluesky crops previews on links.
If you're an elected official, and this is not your guide, then you have lost your way.
February 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you're an elected official, and this is not your guide, then you have lost your way.
After fording #EagleRiver, you ascend through chest-to-head-high brush, including #fireweed like these. It's weird not to see your feet (or trail) while hiking a clear route.
On the way to #RavenGorge, #CrowPass Trail, #Chugach #StatePark.
#photography #backpacking
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On the way to #RavenGorge, #CrowPass Trail, #Chugach #StatePark.
#photography #backpacking
flic.kr/p/PFgdiL
February 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
After fording #EagleRiver, you ascend through chest-to-head-high brush, including #fireweed like these. It's weird not to see your feet (or trail) while hiking a clear route.
On the way to #RavenGorge, #CrowPass Trail, #Chugach #StatePark.
#photography #backpacking
flic.kr/p/PFgdiL
On the way to #RavenGorge, #CrowPass Trail, #Chugach #StatePark.
#photography #backpacking
flic.kr/p/PFgdiL
State media claims the status quo as a win.
February 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
State media claims the status quo as a win.
Panoramic view of the Aspen Camp in #GreatSand#Dunes #NationalPark. You can see the dunes peeking through the trees; it's a short walk down to a viewpoint.
For full pano, click the link to my Flickr.
#photography #backpacking #Colorado #nature
flic.kr/p/2qFnwQy
For full pano, click the link to my Flickr.
#photography #backpacking #Colorado #nature
flic.kr/p/2qFnwQy
January 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Panoramic view of the Aspen Camp in #GreatSand#Dunes #NationalPark. You can see the dunes peeking through the trees; it's a short walk down to a viewpoint.
For full pano, click the link to my Flickr.
#photography #backpacking #Colorado #nature
flic.kr/p/2qFnwQy
For full pano, click the link to my Flickr.
#photography #backpacking #Colorado #nature
flic.kr/p/2qFnwQy
Apparently, four justices support the proposition that "l'état, c'est Trump." (Or at least, "la lois, c'est Trump.")
Two swing voters believe the moderate position that "l'état c'est parfois Trump."
The media story that "two justices sided with the liberals" completely misunderstands the issue.
Two swing voters believe the moderate position that "l'état c'est parfois Trump."
The media story that "two justices sided with the liberals" completely misunderstands the issue.
January 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Apparently, four justices support the proposition that "l'état, c'est Trump." (Or at least, "la lois, c'est Trump.")
Two swing voters believe the moderate position that "l'état c'est parfois Trump."
The media story that "two justices sided with the liberals" completely misunderstands the issue.
Two swing voters believe the moderate position that "l'état c'est parfois Trump."
The media story that "two justices sided with the liberals" completely misunderstands the issue.
Someone who engages regularly in projection may have been misled by a Mercator projection of the world.
"People say Greenland is really big, it's the biggest there is, bigger than Africa even. Nobody's been there so they don't know it's so big, bigger than anything else. Plus, it's white."
"People say Greenland is really big, it's the biggest there is, bigger than Africa even. Nobody's been there so they don't know it's so big, bigger than anything else. Plus, it's white."
January 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Someone who engages regularly in projection may have been misled by a Mercator projection of the world.
"People say Greenland is really big, it's the biggest there is, bigger than Africa even. Nobody's been there so they don't know it's so big, bigger than anything else. Plus, it's white."
"People say Greenland is really big, it's the biggest there is, bigger than Africa even. Nobody's been there so they don't know it's so big, bigger than anything else. Plus, it's white."
Low-tech #night #photography on #OuterMountainLoop in -position camera with rocks on desert floor.
#BigBend is an international #DarkSky park - best skies I've ever seen.
#backpacking #nationalparks #DodsonTrail #Texas
flic.kr/p/2i6iGF8
#BigBend is an international #DarkSky park - best skies I've ever seen.
#backpacking #nationalparks #DodsonTrail #Texas
flic.kr/p/2i6iGF8
December 31, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Low-tech #night #photography on #OuterMountainLoop in -position camera with rocks on desert floor.
#BigBend is an international #DarkSky park - best skies I've ever seen.
#backpacking #nationalparks #DodsonTrail #Texas
flic.kr/p/2i6iGF8
#BigBend is an international #DarkSky park - best skies I've ever seen.
#backpacking #nationalparks #DodsonTrail #Texas
flic.kr/p/2i6iGF8
A detour from the #Thorofare Trail goes to this unusual thermal area-it has no water. It vents an unusual mix of deep-earth gasses that gave me a slight headache.
If you can't figure out the off-trail route on your own, you probably shouldn't go there.
#photography #Yellowstone #geology #backpacking
If you can't figure out the off-trail route on your own, you probably shouldn't go there.
#photography #Yellowstone #geology #backpacking
December 3, 2024 at 10:35 PM
A detour from the #Thorofare Trail goes to this unusual thermal area-it has no water. It vents an unusual mix of deep-earth gasses that gave me a slight headache.
If you can't figure out the off-trail route on your own, you probably shouldn't go there.
#photography #Yellowstone #geology #backpacking
If you can't figure out the off-trail route on your own, you probably shouldn't go there.
#photography #Yellowstone #geology #backpacking