Yellowstone Take 2

With heavy hearts, we finally did have to leave the ranch.  I promised myself I would find a way to get back there someday, which was the only way my feet would let me go.  I left a big part of my heart there, and filled that hole with a huge piece of the ranch that I carry with me each day now.  Every day since, I have called on those mountains and open skies for guidance and peace.  It never disappoints.

These two monkeys are what keep me going, though, se we continued our adventure going back south through Yellowstone once more.  We stayed the night in a very cute town north of the Park called Gardiner, MT.  There is a big arch built to commemorate when President T. Roosevelt was there.  The town is quaint and lovely, and a sweet way to say goodbye to Montana.

  The night before we slept in Gardiner, we drove into the park to go find a pack of wolves who come out at night.  They live on the hillside above this creek.  It was a beautiful, peaceful place full of color and life.  Bison wandered to find a place to lie down for the night and the sun set behind the mountain as we joined onlookers who come each night to listen to the wolves.  They were far away, but someone let us look through their high powered telescope and we saw an old black wolf wandering around their den.  It was pretty special just to know that we shared some space with the wolves of Yellowstone.  So magical.

The day after we left Montana for good, we drove south.  We did not end up seeing as many animals as we expected, but we did see plenty of bison, a black bear, some elk, antelope and lots of amazing scenery.  

There were waterfalls and flowers, hills and gorges.  What a special place.   pray humans can stay wise enough to preserve as much land and wilderness as we can.  There is so much destruction in our world, I feel honored to share a piece of it as close as possible to how Mother Nature first intended.

Even the stinky sulphur springs!