Every now and then, Scott and I decide not to give birthday/Christmas presents to each other and go camping in Yellowstone, instead.
So on New Years Day, a bleak, blustery day, we headed into Yellowstone National Park (our nations 1st national park...3500 square miles of pristine land).
We found a quaint little corner at Mammoth Camp Ground!
...with all the necessities...(I don't think I'll bathe here, today)
Gus found all the comforts of home!
We listened to the wind HOWL all dang night! The next morning, we headed up to Lamar Valley, where all the wildlife generally hang out. I called the day BLEAK, Scott called it BLUSTERY, whatever it was...here's what it looked like!
Usually, we see hundreds of bison and elk...here's all we saw...a few buffalo and if you look real close you can see two coyotes.
Here's where we USUALLY see wildlife, lol.
So....we headed back to Mammoth Hot Springs and took some pics. For shots taken by Scott's camera, go
HERE.
Here are some of my shots...
The hot water rises from the geothermal activity beneath the earth's crust. Basically, it's one GIANT volcano, ready to erupt again...anytime!
I love how the snow lies next to the hot mineral water. It was about 8 degrees out...
Gus isn't allowed to walk on any of the trails...he was a little bored.
Last night, we were told that the ridge just on the other side of the canyon where we camped lived the CANYON pack of wolves...somewhere out there....
Scott woke me up at 2AM and said, "SHH...Listen..." and we heard the wolves howling! There were 3 distinct sounds...a high pitch, a medium pitch then a LONGGGG drone....lower howl that echoed through the canyon like nothing I've ever heard before...we listened for a while. I finally fell asleep and was awakened again by it. Music to our ears!
This morning, the bleakness finally left and the sun came out. The temp rose to a balmy 11 degrees when we finally finished breakfast and headed out the camper door.
We decided to go for a nice little hike up to Wraith falls. Here's a 6-point elk that was about 30 yards from the trail!
We hiked 1/2 mile and found this cute little water fall.
Here's the sight, looking the opposite direction; what a difference blue sky makes!
And so with that, here's to wishing you a Happy Birthday husband, Merry Christmas to me and Happy New Years to all my fine Blogger buddies!
May you always have (a) WILDLIFE in your life,
and may the sun shine through your most blustery and bleakest days!
Here are our goodbyes...few tears here and there!
Theo is starting to get tired, but we never get tired of him! I love this pic of Megs holding him!
And he LOVED Gus!
And Gus loved him!
We found a quaint little corner at Mammoth Camp Ground!
...with all the necessities...(I don't think I'll bathe here, today)
Gus found all the comforts of home!
Usually, we see hundreds of bison and elk...here's all we saw...a few buffalo and if you look real close you can see two coyotes.
Here's where we USUALLY see wildlife, lol.
Here are some of my shots...
The hot water rises from the geothermal activity beneath the earth's crust. Basically, it's one GIANT volcano, ready to erupt again...anytime!
Gus isn't allowed to walk on any of the trails...he was a little bored.
Last night, we were told that the ridge just on the other side of the canyon where we camped lived the CANYON pack of wolves...somewhere out there....
Scott woke me up at 2AM and said, "SHH...Listen..." and we heard the wolves howling! There were 3 distinct sounds...a high pitch, a medium pitch then a LONGGGG drone....lower howl that echoed through the canyon like nothing I've ever heard before...we listened for a while. I finally fell asleep and was awakened again by it. Music to our ears!
Here's the sight, looking the opposite direction; what a difference blue sky makes!
And so with that, here's to wishing you a Happy Birthday husband, Merry Christmas to me and Happy New Years to all my fine Blogger buddies!
and may the sun shine through your most blustery and bleakest days!
