More pictures from Big Sky Country

Snow Shoeing and Montana

Wolf Watching: Winter in Yellowstone

We spent the first of this past week in Montana. I wanted to see wolves in Yellowstone (The only animal we hadn't seen this summer). However, the wolves don't exactly care for humans, making them difficult to spot. We quickly found out that private tours take people through Yellowstone (for a couple hundred dollars) to see wolves, so we began to follow them. Wherever we saw large groups of people with spotting scopes, we knew there were wolves. I was able to see my wild wolves, though only through the scope. We saw wolves from three different packs: The lava creek pack, the druid pack, and another. We saw the alpha female from the Druid pack, a beautiful Grey wolf. Our zoom lens couldn't reach unfortunately, so no pictures. We also went snow shoeing, Heidi was a good sport and tagged along for an hour...she being 36 weeks pregnant. We have included pictures from snow shoeing, a coyote, and a bull elk (Which we think would qualify as an Imperial in Boone and Crockett's...) After leaving Yellowstone, we stayed at a bed and breakfast for our 2nd Anniversary. The bed and breakfast was also a sanctuary for wolves which had been taken from previous owners, who had illegally bred them. We posted a picture of one of the greys, which is taken from the other side of the chain link.

A sleigh ride through dirt.

We planned to take what was to be a semi-romantic sleigh ride through the Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming yesterday. Jackson is a destination a lot of Americans visit every winter to ski. Knowing this, we didn't consider the possibility that the snow hadn't fallen yet. It was fun nonetheless.

Elk Refuge Sleigh Ride: Jackson, Wyoming

Yosemite National Park

Grand Tetons: Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point