Monday, January 26, 2015

Another no-wolf day.

It was clear and fairly warm in Gardiner this morning (about 30 degrees), but as I got further and further into the park, it got colder and colder. By the time I got to the Lamar Valley, it was 5 degrees and very foggy.

When I got there, I saw all the wolf watchers driving the other way, so I turned around and followed. They stopped at Slough Creek and I learned that they had detected no radio collar signals to the east, so everybody was moving west to try other places. I followed along for a bit, but, as they were having no success, I decided to not look for wolves today and focus on scenery photos.

I found a few.

When I got back to the Lamar Valley, the fog was gone and it looked like this:

The fog and cold air had created heavy frost on the trees making this scene:

After taking a few photos of the trees, I put my snowshoes on and walked out a bit:

It was still cold – about 15 degrees – but there was no wind and the sun made it feel warm.

Further up the valley, I saw this:

The bighorn rams were still hanging around the Lamar River trailhead, so I got lots of pictures like this:

By then, it was 2:00 pm and I needed to do some laundry, so I went back to town.

Oh, yes, the wolf folks finally did see some, but from very far away and just intermittently. I'll try again tomorrow.