Darren Clark Photography

A couple weeks ago we went down to Fayette, UT for the funeral of Susan’s Grandpa Bartholomew. I have to say after fifteen years or so of going down there, Fayette is finally growing on me. Here are a couple photographs from the weekend.

Grandpa Bartholomew Home Interior #1, Fayette, UT 2010

Grandpa Bartholomew Home Interior #2, Fayette, UT 2010

Birdbath in Grandpa Bartholomew, Fayette UT 2010

Plastic Flowers in the Fayette Cemetery, Fayette, UT 2010

Henry’s Fork, Harriman Sate Park, ID 2010

Henry’s Fork at Hatchery Ford Boat Ramp, Fremont County, ID 2010

Henry’s Fork (look closely), Bear Gulch, ID 2010

Jon and I went fishing on Thursday along the south fork and had a great day. We caught several nice trout of three species and had  a good time catching up. On the shuttle drive at the end of the night I saw something snake-like lying on the road. I stopped to check it out and was thrilled to find a Rubber Boa, easily my favorite snake. I couldn’t help myself and I brought it home (we’re releasing it tomorrow). The kids love it (Susan sort of tolerates it). Here are some photos.

Rubber Boa, Rexburg, ID 2010

A few weeks ago the boys caught a couple of tadpoles out at Egin Lakes. Susan let them keep the tadpoles, researched how to keep them alive and encouraged the boys to keep the water clean and the creatures fed. One of the tadpoles died, but surprisingly the other tadpole survived and eventually turned into a toad. We decided to let the toad go this morning. Here are a couple of photos.

Kevin with Toad, Rexburg, ID 2010

Crop of previous image.

Cedar Breaks National Monument, UT 2010

Small Diversion Dam on the Fall River, Chester, ID 2010

There are two sheep falls in Eastern Idaho. One is on the Fall River, the other is on the Henry’s Fork of the Snake. One is really hard to drive to (fall river), the other is fairly easy to drive to (Henry’s Fork). They’re both pretty nice. Yesterday I took a drive to Sheep Falls on the Henry’s Fork. After driving the two mile dirt road, I parked and walked the trail from the canyon rim to the river. As I neared the bottom of the trail I could hear timber and brush being disturbed like something big was lumbering about. I hesitated and almost walked back up the trail. I wanted to photograph though. I started making noise and shouting “ho bear” and stuff. More than likely it was a bear or a moose. Either way I didn’t want to surprise a big animal in the woods. After a couple minutes of getting up my courage (I really need to start carrying bear spray) I continued walking to the river and had a pleasant evening photographing. I was a bit on edge most of the night though.

Photographed a few minutes before the sun dipped below the canyon rim

Same scene as previous image just after the sun had dipped below the canyon rim

Four photographs of Sheep Falls, ID 2010

I’ve passed this home many times on my way to and from places. My student Alex photographed an interior and it looked pretty interesting. I decided to go in yesterday. The place is pretty sketchy. I’m not sure it will be standing much longer.

Dilapidated Homestead Exterior, Ashton, ID 2010

Dilapidated Homestead Interior Views, Ashton, ID 2010

Brian, Larry, Alex, and I took a drive out in the Squirrel area to photograph an abandoned home that Alex told us about. Here are my results…

Abandoned Home Interiors, Squirrel, ID 2010