My first weekend in Montana I was lucky enough to have off the first two days. On one of those, my friend Dre and I ventured into Yellowstone, or simply The Park as its called here, and did a 3 hour driving tour. She has worked as a bartender in Yellowstone for 5 seasons so she knows her way around very well. We drove through Lamar Valley, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and Mammoth Hot Springs. We saw mountains, geysers, waterfalls and a ton of wildlife: goats, rams, deer, elk, bison, antelope, a crane, a raven, and FIVE bears. My experience in the outdoors department is severely lacking, but everyone accustomed to it says that seeing five bears in one day is pretty rare.
A week later Dre, Natalie, Baker and I went on a mild hike on a mountain called Everett's in Yellowstone. As we hiked up, we could look down on the neighboring small town called Gardiner. We also we able to get pretty close to a herd of sheep with their lambs. As this was my first legitimate hike, I was struggling quite a bit, but making it to the top was an incredible feeling.
|
the black bear that crossed the road right in front of us |
|
Mr. Bison |
|
Mammoth Hot Springs |
|
spectacular |
|
hot springs |
|
Natalie and Dre on our hike |
|
little baby lamb scratching his butt |
|
Add caption |
No comments:
Post a Comment