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The story behind the photo: Many times Loree and I would
disagree over whether a particular shot should be taken. When in
doubt, Loree would take the photograph whereas I preferred to save film
for times when the shot was more likely to be worth it. Sometimes
I was right, but other times I was wrong. This was one of those times
I was very wrong. Because it was twilight, I did not think this shot
would come out, let alone that a good shot of the moon would come of it.
However, our new Pentax camera proved to hold the light even better than
I remember it. The moon, while somewhat reduced, proved to be like
an enchanting star in this photograph. And, the image of the moon
leaves a scant reflection across the water. When I first worked at
Hamilton Stores, we used to sell some pretty ugly t-shirts which said something
like "Moon over Lake Yellowstone." So, here it was captured in a
photograph. Anyhow, this is Yellowstone Lake taken in June 1998 with
the Absaroka Mountains as a backdrop to the setting. The scene looks
East from the shore near the Lake Hotel. While the setting at the
Lake Hotel is not the home of many of my own Yellowstone tales, certainly
the lake and those Absaroka mountains are. It is also fitting that
this shot is taken as the darkness approaches for many of the most vivid
and colorful stories take place under the cover of stars, planets, and
moons--many times at the shore of this very lake. Unlike any other
landmark in Yellowstone, this lake is what seems closest to home for me
because my own home in Yellowstone, Grant Village, rested further south
along this very water.
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