Kansas, Idaho, Wyoming

Kansas



Idaho



Grand Teton National Park



Wyoming

Took a last-minute trip up to Idaho to visit my boyfriend a few weeks back. Drove 16 hours up in a straight shot, luckily the scenery got increasingly beautiful as I went along. These certainly aren't groundbreaking in terms of landscapes, but I still like'em.

I love zoos

In search of different hot weather photos (it's been in the triple digits for atleast a week now and we're running out of photo subject matter on the topic(cute kids in water!)) I was sent to the Hutchinson Zoo to see what they do to cool off the animals. These are not those photos since they're not running until tomorrow buttt they're still from the zoo.

Zookeeper Ryan Witmer showed me around the zoo's rehabilitation facility while I was waiting for animal snack time (frozen pureed bananas with crickets!) with another zookeeper.

So I moved to Kansas.

It's outragously hot and full of bugs and weather I have little experience with, but it's going well so far. It's pretty in a 'Little house on the praire' sort of way.

PS There's a very good chance I'm going to get a wordpress blog soon. very soon. Stay posted, my six google-reader subscribers.

Michigan's Empty Schools

Steve Grose, School Board President of Holland Public Schools, stands inside of Lakeview Elementary School. The building, which once educated about 150 students per year, has been closed for over a year and is now used as a storage site for the district.
(Amanda Loman | Grand Rapids Press)



Paint peels off of the walls in a yet-unrenovated section of the former E.E. Fell Junior High School building in Holland.
(Amanda Loman | Grand Rapids Press)



Kel Tenbroeke, right, a plumber, and John Wycners, a plasterman, work on the second floor of the former E.E. Fell Junior High School in Holland. The building is being renovated to provide housing to senior citizens.
(Amanda Loman | Grand Rapids Press)

RV Expo

Allie Breese, 4, plays with a table setting inside of an RV while parents Jeff and Jenny look on. The family was attending the Grand Rapids RV Expo at the DeltaPlex on Friday, February 18.
(Amanda Loman | Grand Rapids Press)

Sugarbush Trail Tour

Marcy Yanos, center, receives a taste of maple syrup from outdoor educator Nicole Durso, Yanos was at the Blandford Nature Center's Sugarbush Trail Tour with daughter Meg Riter, 2, son Colin Riter, 5, and husband Web Riter, right. Tours will be held every Saturday in March, culminating in a pancake breakfast on March 26
(Amanda Loman | Grand Rapids Press)

Portraits portraits portraits

Karla Oard and Thomas Schiedel co-founded Blue Monkey Adventure, a travel agency which currently operates out of Oard's home. The agency offers trips such as mountain biking in Moab, Utah and one to London, England for the royal wedding in April.



Randy Finch, co-owner of Ice Sculptures Ltd. with Derek Maxfield, whose business is the subject of a new Food Network TV show, Ice Brigade. The show debuts at 10 p.m. on March 3.



"Michigan's where my roots are," said Mitch Ranger, a Grand Rapids-based photographer who is being included in a new book of the world's top photographers. Ranger's studio is located at 401 Hall St SW in Grand Rapids.