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Saturday, September 9, 2017 to Friday, September
15, 2017; to the Tetons ... sort of.
C1640
“Morning Light … Grand Teton Tops lost in Cloud”
(Wyoming)
Oil Painting on Centurian Oil Primed Linen Panel
4” x 6”
Saturday: After photo-recon near the boat landing,
I finally left Brooks Lake, taking the road past the Brooks Lake Lodge, on what
turned out to be a relatively desperate road about five or six miles to Wind
River Lake and US Hwy 26/287. I did not
need 4-wheel drive, but a high clearance vehicle is a necessity, and in wet
weather the mud to the west of Barbers Point, the highest point on the road,
could be a killer, sending one sliding off into the valley below. I found this out from a chap who works at the
lodge, who had driven a couple of guests to fish at Wind River Lake. I was surprised when arriving at the end of
the road that there was no sign warning RVs and Winnebagos not to attempt it,
as it is single track for much of the way. Wind River Lake is a small lake, really a
large pond, by Minnesota standards, and is considered by some to be the
headwaters of the Wind River. It is also
just a few hundred yards from the crest of Togwotee Pass.
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| View from Barbers Point back the way I came … that’s the good section. |
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| Two Ocean Mountain in the distance … still on the desperate road to Wind River Lake. |
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| High Mountain Meadow. |
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| Could be Moose country. |
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| Back side of Sublette Peak and Wind River Lake. |
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| Sunbreak on Brooks Mountain. |
There
was a Bald Eagle at the lake, and I wondered whether it was the same one I’d
seen at Brooks Lake, which was not at all far as the Crow Eagle flies. There is a good view here of the far side of
Sublette Peak from that which I’d been looking at for ten days; also of the
south end of Brooks Mountain.
On
the desperate road I met Doug, a hiker, doing part of the Continental Divide
Trail, but who was heading home to Idaho for a few days of rest and
recuperation, as he had encountered some foot problems during the past few days
on the trail. I would like to have given
him a ride towards Jackson Hole, but my truck is full to the brim … my bed area
has a lot of stuff on it during the day, especially when driving, that gets
moved at night. The passenger seat has 7
gallons of water in strapped into it, and in the foot well I have my deep cycle
AGM battery, as well as another 3 gallons of water in 9 stainless steel flasks,
and on top of that is a small backpack with my essential painting and drawing
kit. Hope you got a lift all the way to
Jackson, Doug. As it was I was only
going another 20 miles down the highway, before turning off onto Forest Road 30168
(also known as Flagstaff Road), ending up at a site above Sagebrush Flat, about
seven miles in. Here I have a view of
the cluster of peaks around the Grand Teton, 23 miles distant; Mount Moran is
out of sight to the right, blocked by the slope of the hill I am camped on.
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| Mountain Man Country. |
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| The old Blackrock Ranger Station. |
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| Interior. |
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| Mary’s
Lake on the way to my next campsite above Sagebrush Flat. |
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| Mount Leidy from my campsite … Sagebrush Flat is below me between here & there and out of view. I’m about 7 miles south of the Blackrock Ranger Station. |
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| Sagebrush. |
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| Sagebrush Blossoms. |
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| First Evening |
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| Aspens beginning to turn. |
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| Tetons
on my second Evening … the Grand Teton is the tallest Peak seen. |
For you tech-heads the
pigments used were:
Imprimatura: W&N Venetian
Red
Drawing: W&N
Ultramarine Deep
Painting: W&N Venetian
Red, Cobalt & Ultramarine Deep Blues, also a touch of Cerulean, Cadmiums Orange
& Yellow Pale.
Rublev:Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre, Italian Burnt
Sienna, Purple Ochre & Lead White #1.
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