Red Fox

  The first real snow of the season fell the other day here in the Valley.   It is inevitable; winter is on its way.  Perhaps in another post I'll ramble thoughts on the trials and triumphs of Old Man Winter.  Shouldn't there be a Young Man Winter also?

    I wanted to get some sort of assessment of the snow in the Tetons during a morning break in the weather.  Certainly there is significant snow from about 10,000' on up in elevation.  This will be something to watch carefully over the next few weeks as winter develops.  If we continue to get small amounts of snow, avalanche hazard will likely be far less than if we get a long dry spell with this amount of snow just sitting, rotting, drying out, metamorphosing into dangerous angulated faceted crystals.  Avalanches kill.  I know this very well, ... all too well.

    A nice prize for my early morning efforts was the view of this beautiful red fox.  Fortunately for me and my camera, he was inquisitive enough to pose for quite some time which allowed me to get a shot or two or three.  Once again, the best camera to have is the one you have with you.

    Later in the day while going for an evening walk I ran across a neighbor and friend of mine, a full time professional adventure photographer.  Interestingly, I noticed no camera, other than possibly a cell phone camera.  Ahh, maybe one day I'll get the shot that sells because I had the best camera with me!

    Short post.  Autumn weather.  Hunting season begins finally for me.  It's still snowing.