Calcite Springs Overlook yesterday at Yellowstone National Park #travel

We finished our long Sunday in Yellowstone National Park with a rainbow and a bull elk bugling in a nearby meadow. #travel

First stop in Yellowstone National Park today: Grand Prismatic Spring, above and up close. #travel

Fountain Paint Pot Trail and Black Sand Basin this morning at Yellowstone National Park #travel

We saw Old Faithful do its thing today. More impressive than expected! #travel

More geysers and pools in the Old Faithful Basin this afternoon at Yellowstone National Park #travel

Go Pads go, go Pads go! San Diego, what do you say? The Pads are gonna win today

Morning after a light rain in the Hayden Valley at Yellowstone National Park. Saw a bald eagle at two grizzlies as well! #travel

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and its two falls looking nice today from several viewpoints along the north and south rims. #travel

Artists’ Paintpots yesterday at Yellowstone National Park. Another fascinating stop in this bountiful park! #travel

Gibbon Falls, one of several great waterfalls in Yosemite National Park, with a beautiful view south into the valley #travel

We spent our last day in Yellowstone National Park looking for wildlife in the Hayden and Lamar valleys. Great, long, close look at a grizzly, juvenile red-tailed hawk (we think), bison, a pronghorn herd, plus a black wolf! #travel

In Las Vegas this weekend for a wedding. First time in more than 15 years! #travel

I salute the Unipiper, who I met when he threw out a first pitch at a Portland Pickles game in spectacular fashion, just after I had thrown own very normal pitch on the finale of our 16-ballpark Northwest tour in 2022. Well said!