Spring Sunset

Canon 1D Mark III, 85mm, 1/250 @ ƒ/1.8, ISO 1000

Pahsimeroi Valley, Idaho

Hooker River, The Southern Alps, New Zealand

Canon 1D Mark III, 24mm, 1/800 @ ƒ/8.0, ISO 100

A wedding post is coming soon.

U.S. Route 20 is America’s longest highway, stretching 3365 miles from Astoria, OR to Boston, MA. Approximately one eighth of that length travels across Idaho.

But enough trivia.

Week before last, I drove up to the Pahsimeroi Valley for the second time in March. On both trips, I was amazed and delighted by the interplay of the clouds with the hills and mountains along my way. This was uniquely prominent between Mountain Home and Arco on U.S. Route 20, as it skirts the base of the Smoky and Pioneer Mountains.

Other than the hostile terrain in and around the Craters of the Moon National Monument, much of the land adjoining the highway has been farmed for decades, scattering relics of older days across the landscape.
Next to the old barns and churches stand the new pivots, a testament to the heritage and currency of Idaho’s agricultural tradition.
If the rest of the highway were as beautiful as Idaho’s portion, it would be a wonderful thing to drive its entire length.
211 miles down, 3154 miles to go…

Fury Ranch

Canon 1D Mark III, 24mm, 1/400 @ ƒ/5.6, ISO 100

Pahsimeroi Valley, Idaho

A few images from earlier today, on the way to May, ID.

Here is a quick preview of TJ & Em’s Wedding. We drove down to the Swan Falls on the Snake River to photograph the two of them together.

And yes, there are many more to come…