Summer in Pennsylvania - What # test for beaver?

I just came back from a week vacation at my family's cabin in upstate Pennsylvania.  It was a fun time and I got to take a lot of pictures!

Forget-me-nots after a rain.

More post-rain flowers.

We had a campfire every night.

If you haven't yet figured out what my favorite flower is, it should be obvious.

Forget-me-nots over the creek.

My aunt taught me some fly-fishing basics and I even managed to catch a fish!

Later, I was fishing on this log, about halfway out because we had seen some trout under the stump to the left.  I was casting flies when all of a sudden up pops...

A beaver, not five feet from me, just where I was casting my fly!  In my surprise, I shouted "Oh my god!  It's not a trout, it's a beaver!"  Everyone came running to see - it was hilarious!

A Belated Happy 4th of July

PCS Days 16-21 - Wildlife

PCS Days 16-21 - Landscapes

I had to break this post up because I had so many fantastic pictures from Yellowstone!

My favorite shot - a fisherman, geyser, and hot spring all together!

Looks inviting, but this pool is probably around 200 degrees F!

Signs of the '88 fires were everywhere, but so was new growth.

Lamar Valley - beautiful and full of wildlife!

Artist Point - the most gorgeous and impressive place in the park.

PCS Days Seven-Fifteen

All we could see of Mt. Rainier.  Silly clouds! 

Bruneau Sand Dunes

They're pretty impressive.

Quail are adorable!

Hawk getting chased off by blackbirds.

Sunset on the dunes.

PCS Days Four-Six - Ferry

The view out of our little window.

Canadian Lighthouse.

And, finally, how I spent my time on the ferry.  Had a lot of people interested in my work - someone even asked about buying!  Not bad for my first two hats.  I finished the second in four hours.

PCS Day Three