Here
we are, back for the very last time, we have visited this park about
five times and it never fails to amaze us. There is everything here –
mountains, rivers, waterfalls, canyons, hot springs, geysers,
fumaroles, mud pots, hiking trails, black and grizzly bear, elk,
moose, wolves, mule deer, pronghorn, bison, bighorn sheep, mountain
goats – a true Garden of Eden!
We
got a campsite at Mammoth Hot Springs which is always a bonus as its
almost the only campsite open now and always full. Had a walk up the
steep trail into Mammoth and was rewarded with our “own” bull elk
who was also coming up the trail, he beat us to the top where there
were the usual crowd of folk snapping his picture.
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| Mammoth campsite |
The
skies cleared in the afternoon and made a beautiful evening for
animal viewing, we drove a short distance down the Gardner River and
were rewarded with a huge flock of Bighorn sheep, we have never seen
so many all together. After much camera clicking we moved round the
corner to hear an elk bugling and chasing the ladies – fabulous!
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| Gardner River |
Bighorn sheep
beautiful!!!!
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