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A soft cold morning on the shores of Lake Vermillion with Mount Rundle in the distance.
My wife & I spent a few days exploring wilderness areas & lakes in Banff National Park. This is Lake Vermillion with Mount Rundle in the background. The hot springs seep into the lake that allow a few pools to remain open even though the rest of the lake is frozen. Each morning we would get up before daylight hoping the light would be good. This was taken on the second morning. When we arrived the sky was cloudless and I was pretty disappointed until I looked behind me and noticed the clouds were moving slowly towards the mountain overhead.
A chilly December afternoon finishes with a warm glow on Lake Fernan near Coeur D Alene Idaho.
This is the Gig Harbor boat marina with Mount Rainier as a backdrop. The morning I shot this, December 9th 2009, it broke an all-time weather record, for being the coldest day ever recorded in the Greater Puget Sound area. I couldn't adjust my camera with gloves on, so when I returned to my truck my fingers felt like they were going to break off and shatter on the ground. I'm usually excited about capturing scenes like this, but It was miserable, until I arrived home to a hot cup of coffee.
I'm not usually a fan of getting up with 12 degree weather, but when I heard my wife's phone receive a text from my daughter in law saying the lake was starting to look pretty good I decided I could go back to sleep, lie, or both. My wife's cold foot urged me on. The good thing about this spot is it's only three blocks from my house & I could have lied about that, but my wife told me not to. This was taken from Tubbs Hill looking across Lake Coeur D Alene.
This was taken February 15th on the shore of Lake Coeur D Alene. It was an electric sunrise & the sky seemed to blow up with color.
A chilly sunrise greets the East end of Tubbs Hill looking South across Lake Coeur D Alene. If you look closely, you will see small animal tracks crossing between the boulders.
This lone tree has been beaten and battered by many frigid Winters in the Palouse Hills. This tree was cut down two years after this was taken.
This was taken towards the end of April after a freak snowstorm blew in the night before. Stanley Idaho is on of the coldest areas in the lower 48.
Jenson Brother's Barn in North Idaho
An old pioneer home on the Jensen farm in North Idaho braves another clod blustery Winter.
Downtown Coeur D Alene on a very early morning during The Christmas Holidays. Coeur D Alene Idaho is a popular destination in during the month of December.
An uphill snowshoe hike provides a Wintery Wonderland view of the distant area around Steptoe Butte.
An old truck sits next to a red barn in the Palouse Region in Washington State.
A fresh blanket of snow covers everything on a cold five degree morning.
Fort Sherman Chapel was built in 1880 to minister to the people of Coeur D Alene Idaho.
A different composition on Palouse Falls. This was taken in early February with a zoom lens to capture the dynamic power of the falls.
Mount Rundle looks over Lake Vermillion in Alberta Canada
This lone tree casts warped reflections on a sunny day in March, near City Beach in Coeur D Alene.
Tubbs Hill at the base of Lake Coeur D Alene during a snow storm. You can see the faint streaks of snow agains the blue lake.
One of the old buildings on the Jensen farm in North Idaho.
A red barn surrounded by a Christmas tree farm in North Idaho.
City Beach looks much different during the Winter months. Summer time brings out people vacationing from all parts of the Country. Coeur D Alene Idaho is one of the most popular Resort Towns in the US.
Lake Fernan during the coldest part of Winter. The local fisherman cut holes into the frozen lake to fish, while kids play a game of ice hockey.
