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.

14th-18th

In the past few days I've climbed Observation Point near Canyon Village, hiked Elephant Back Trail near Lake Village and Fishing Bridge, and then fished Slough Creek. Saw tons of wildlife in all of them.

My 20 Inch, 2Lb Cutthroat I caught. It looks smaller in this picture than it really was. Finally a legitimate catch in Yellowstone along the Slough Creek. I know why they call it the best Cutthroat stream in America now. It was teeming with cutthroats, all 12 inches plus.

The Valley from Observation Point.

Indian Paintbrush flower.

Cascade Lake.

Cascade Lake from Observation Point.

A buffalo wallowing in his wallowing pit.

The Buffalo after his wallowing.

A buffalo wallowing pit.

A young white tail doe along Elephant back trail within 10 feet of us.

The doe from farther away.

Elephant Back Trail brings you up a ridge line in front of Yellowstone Lake.

Yellowstone Lake.

Yellowstone Lake.

Yellowstone Lake.

Jackson Hole, Bozeman

Since my last post, I've had a couple days off and explored Bozeman, MT and Jackson Hole, WY. Also climbed to the top of Mt. Washburn again, and had 50 + mph winds. Nothing much new to report though.

The Valley from Mt. Washburn.

Mt. Washburn

A pica we found.

The Canyon view from MT. Washburn.

Mt. Washburn.

Yellowstone Lake.

Yellowstone Lake.

Jackson Hole- The Tram to the ski resort.

Jackson Hole.