Sunday Jan 25, 2015

Since I was late arriving to see the wolf activity yesterday, I left an hour earlier this morning. It didn't matter, nobody was seeing wolves anywhere.

The weather today was warmer – in the 30s – but mostly overcast. The sun came out for an hour or so this afternoon, but soon the clouds covered it.

The first half of the morning was spent looking for wolves. At one point, about a dozen of us climbed up a trail that was a foot deep in snow attempting to get a glimpse of a reported sleeping wolf several miles away. We didn't see it.

After that, I decided to go photograph stuff and work with the scope instead of hunting ghosts.

First was a bull elk that's been hanging around Phantom Lake:

Then, as I got near the Lamar Valley, the sun started to peek out, and I took this picture:

Further up the valley, there was this bighorn ram digging around in the snow looking for something to eat:

While his buddies lounged on top of the hill and watched:

Next was another scenic place:

By now, it was time to head back to town for dinner and put all this together. Just as I was leaving the park, however, there were a group of antelope:

All in all, a good day. The weather is supposed to be warm and clear the next couple of days, so that should be nice.