Redemption in Color
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest runs through the southeast corner of Idaho and is home to one of my favorite dirt roads. Formally known as Grassy Lake Road, it was introduced to me as Redemption Road and is the name I’ve held onto. It begins in the ancient lava flows that have become today’s famous potato fields and travels along the northern edge of the Teton Mountains. Ultimately becoming a back route into Grand Teton National Park, it might just be the longest ‘secret side-entrance’ I’ve ever been on. About 50 miles of ‘no pay’ gravel and you’re in…
So many electric colors out right now and always beautiful, each and every fall. I’ve got to see this area someday.
Nice composition here!
Fab-u-loso, Cody. I’ve always regretted I didn’t make the extra day’s trip to the Tetons, but someday. And maybe I’ll even be redeemed myself.
Was this shot from your most recent trip? Great work. How do you ever come home from these places?
@Vicki - It takes a day to make the trek, but I’d be happy to roll down there with you any time. Granted, they don’t maintain the road for winter, but it’s nice in the spring too..
@Kerri - Definitely make a trip out to the Tetons if you ever can, they’re about the most striking in the lower ‘48. This image is from that trip…just a day north of the Park (as the photographer crawls).
[...] in the same region of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest as my recent Redemption in Color post, the undergrowth was so vibrant in this location that you could almost ‘hear’ the [...]