Roc Doc Travel

  Gallatin River Canyon near Big Sky, Montana Explore one of the West's most beautiful river canyons!

  Big Sky, Montana Discover the unique bedrock that shaped this northern Rockies treasure!

Beartooth Highway, Montana, Part 2 Explore the high-country geology along one of America's most scenic roads!

Beartooth Highway, Montana, Part 1 Explore the spectacular high-country geology of one of America's most scenic roads!

Glacier National Park, Montana Visit one of America's most spectacular landscapes, and home to one of the world's most incredible roads!

20 (or so ) Awesome  Places in  Idaho and Montana Sometimes the places I explore don't fit into one particular field trip, so I put them into a post like this. Enjoy! Eastern Idaho The Snake River where it enters its namesake Snake River Plain in eastern Idaho. The river here is a hybrid braided and meandering -- meandering because of the low topography, and braided because of its seasonal heavy sediment load. The current is fast enough for terrific fishing and boating, but slow enough to be easy. Location: between Rigby and Ririe, Idaho.

25 (or so) Cool Geology and Landscape Photos A A curious traveler at 10,100 feet in the Lemhi Mountains of central Idaho. The high slopes and valleys were glaciated in the last ice age. The near bedrock is Paleozoic continental shelf limestone, silt, and shale.  The far mountains are Eocene (about 40 million year old) volcanic rocks. Wherever I travel, I take a lot of pictures. Not all of them fit into any particular field trip, so it occurred to me to post them in a "trip" of their own!

Yellowstone SW, Early Spring Madison River, Firehole River, Grand Prismatic Spring, Old Faithful Come see Yellowstone like few see it - in early Spring before the grass turns green, before the animals completely lose their winter coats, and before the crowds arrive. This trip covers southwestern Yellowstone from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful.