2013, Yellowstone, ce fut l'occasion de se réconcilier avec les balades. Les balades. Ce point de dissension familiale. Dix ans plus tard, prescription : cela m'a paru de nouveau concevable d'aller crapahuter quelque part. À un rythme choisi. Toujours tant que certains dépliants ne tombent pas entre toutes les mains (c'est curieux comme toutes les balades ne dépassent pas une heure, n'est-ce-pas ?). Et Yellowstone est un chouette parc qui permet de varier les plaisirs d'un jour à l'autre : activité volcanique / balades / observation de la faune.
Yellowstone 2013, that one occasion to let go of your resentment towards hiking. Hiking. That… topic of family disagreement. 10 years later, we're past that. I admitted it to be OK to go frolicking in the wild again. Provided I get to choose the speed. And keep the leaflets to myself, “there weren't any hikes longer than an hour anyway — you DO believe me, right?” Yellowstone is the right park if you seek for the right balance between volcanic activity, hikes and widlife observation so as to never do the same thing from one day to another.














Un égarement géologique dans le planning du jour. En parlant d'égarement, voilà ce qui arrive quand d'aucun décolle à toute berzingue pendant que vous êtes encore en train de prendre des photos. Vous passez complètement à côté de la boucle qu'est censée former la balade et vous revenez négligemment sur vos pas. Et elles sont là à faire leur show, au garde à vous, les marmottes (et non pas les marmots, dont les petits pieds souffrants risqueraient de garder 10 ans la rancune d'avoir été trimballé dans des balades les dépassant)
A bit of geology in my hiking planning, must be an error. Speaking of error, that sort of thing is bound to happen when one takes off at the speed of light without bothering to check on you, while you are still at work with your camera. So a loop hike mistakenly becomes a back-on-our-tracks hike. But here they are, the marmots, the stars of the show indeed.



Dépité de s'être fait priver de ce moment privilégié avec la bestiole par un troupeau de touristes, vous reprenez déçu le chemin du retour, quand soudain, un chipmunk débile. Je veux dire déboule. Cet instant, ce regard innocent et curieux. « Les petites huîtres aussi, étaient curieuses. »
A tad pissed that your privilegied moment with the furry thing got interrupted by an herd of tourists, you give it the slip, disappointed. And then, a wild chipmunk appears. That instant, that look in his eyes, innocent and curious. “Little oysters too were curious”.












3 réactions
1 De Francois Amoretti ~ 23/05/2014, 08:48
Chipmuuuuuunk!!! (kwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)
ps : ça m'a semblé nécessaire. Un commentaire inutile peut être nécessaire.
2 De messalyn ~ 23/05/2014, 12:40
Oui, ou une vidéo au ralenti du chipmunk. Carrément nécessaire.
3 De Nella Fragola ~ 24/06/2014, 10:37
C'est magnifique !