Leaving Yellowstone

After a long summer in yellowstone, I have finally come home. It was fun and an experience I'll never forget. Here are some pics from my last day there.

A pike. You can see him hiding in between the rocks in the middle of the pic.

Took my dad to the top of Mt. Washburn.

The scenic overlook of Washburn.

Some wildflowers.

Up close pic of some.

Crossing the Beartooth Plateau.

The top of the beartooth plateau between yellowstone and Red Lodge, MT.

2nd-8th. Almost done.

My last few days here have been uneventful. Mostly filled with getting home from work exhausted and taking a nap, and waking up too late to do anything. Or having rain showers spoil good days. Only Monday and Tuesday left, then I head home. Can't wait to see everyone.

A fawn near the Canyon dorms, where I live.

The mother and another fawn weren't too far behind.

Suprisingly enough, the first rainbow trout I've caught up here in my time here. Fishing on the Gibbon on Wednesday I caught around 8-9 trout. Mostly brown and brookies, but by far my best two hours of fishing. Nothing as big as in Pebble Creek or Slough Creek though.

Today, Sunday, my roommate, neighbor and I hiked near Mammoth off in the Hoodoos.

To the right is Bunsen Peak, to the left is Mammoth and Gardiner.

Same thing.

We climbed up that.

Pretty awesome views, for a day that almost almost became a disaster after our original plans got canceled due to bear activity.

We climbed up that from the trail. Lots of fun.

26th-2nd

Over the past week, I've been working and doing some minor hikes around Canyon Village. Took some photos of the Tetons when I drove down to Jackson. Went camping the 31st of july to august 1st at Pebble Creek in the Lamar Valley. Caught tons of Cutthroats, all good sized fish. Unfortunately it rained most of the time we were camping, but it was fun nonetheless.

The Tetons

The Tetons

The Tetons

A deer hanging out near Pebble Creek.

The morning dew near our campsite.

Morning fog as well.

Pebble Creek near our campsite.

Our Tent.

Pebble Creek.

Pebble Creek.

The Lamar Valley, 23rd-26th.

Over the past few days, I've been fishing in the Lamar valley; Trout Lake, Lamar River, and parts of the Soda Butte. Have seen lots of wildlife and fish, but haven't caught any. Seen tons of really cool stuff in Lamar.

A black bear, looks like a grizzly, but I think it's actually a black bear.

Trout Lake.

A Pronghorn

A Huge bison.

Same Bison.

A Young bison.

A large heard of Bison.

A mother and calf. This picture is very blurry, but you can see the calf in the lower right hand corner.

A calf.

The moon over the Lamar Valley.

A wolf track.

A bear track.

First snake I've seen in Yellowstone.

The Lamar River above the confluence with the Soda Butte.

Lamar Valley.

Lamar Valley, it's in the northeast corner of the park.

Sunset in Lamar.

Sunset in Lamar.

19th-21st

Over the last three days, I went fishing at the Slough Creek on the 19th. and caught 2 good sized Cutthroat trouts, on the 20th I climbed Bunsen Peak and took the Sheepeater's Cliff trail back, and then on the 21st went fishing at the Lewis Lake channel between Lewis Lake and Shoshone Lake and didn't catch anything. On the 20th, it was a perfectly clear so I got quite a bit of sun and tan from hiking. Bunsen Peak is about 3 miles straight up and then Sheepeater's Cliff trail is about 4.5 miles back on an easier hike, so it was a long day in the sun. Didn't catch much either day fishing. Saw lots of wildlife at the Slough Creek, and explored some of the Lamar Valley.

Lewis Lake with the Tetons in the backround.

Lewis Lake. Connects to Shoshone Lake in the southwestern part of the park.

The fire going on in Yellowstone. It is burning over by the Lake.

Part of the Canyon area, seen from the North entrance.

Sheepeater's Cliff Trail.

Electric Peak.

From the top of Bunsen Peak we could see the Tetons. Bunsen Peak is right outside of Mammoth in the North entrance. Over 120 miles from the Tetons. It is very hard to see in this photo but the Tetons are dead ahead in the photo.

A bald eagle.

Mammoth and beyond it the city of Gardiner, Montana.

The valley by Bunsen Peak.

Along the ridge-line up to Bunsen Peak.

Again the Valley by Bunsen Peak.

A Mule deer. He is actually a small buck. He doesn't have any horns but you can tell he will be growing them soon by the black mark above his eye.

A beaver who was not happy that we were fishing near its den.