Two bull elk hard at work in Yellowstone National Park growing new antlers! Elk in Velvet

Over 150 years ago Nelson Story drove the first herd of Texas longhorns to Montana.  Our’s are living history. We saw this little longhorn (still minus his longhorns) on our way down to the Park yesterday.  He was having a little trouble finding his Momma. Baby Long Horn  

The last time we were at the Park we came across these buffalo just on the north side of the road.  They are definitely munching sage brush and crunching through the snow.  With the warm temperatures we’ve ha for the past week, there must be quite a bit less snow by now. Buffalo Walking in [...]

Here’s another video from our trip to the Park the other day.  We came across these pronghorns in the middle of the dirt road we were on and even though we completely stopped and turned off the car engine, they seemed a little nervous.  Then we noticed that were pronghorns on both sides of the [...]

Yesterday was “Battle of the Bands” in the Park.  We saw “bands” of pronghorn antelope, big horn sheep, elk, buffalo and deer.  Really shouldn’t call it “battle” because all the animals were very peaceful and enjoying the sun – even a band of pronghorn and big horns that were all sharing the same hillside and [...]

    We shared a picture of the bighorn sheep we saw the last time we were in the Park, but Grandma Dora got some video so thought we’d post that, too.  These were just about a mile inside the northeast entrance to the Park at Gardiner, MT and the noise you will hear in [...]

Yesterday we ventured down to the Park and saw these beautiful pronghorn antelope. Doesn’t the female look like she has a little Mohawk going on?  We saw more pronghorns yesterday than we have ever seen going to and from the Park or within the Park boundaries.           We stopped at our [...]

Forty years ago Doug and I saw our first grizzly bear in the Hayden Valley of Yellowstone National Park. Grandma Dora photographed this grizzly in the Lamar Valley near the Lamar Buffalo Ranch a year or two ago.  He had just come out of hibernation as you can tell by the length of his claws. [...]

Yesterday I gave you just a bit of information about Bozeman since we were headed over that way which made me realize I have neglected to give you any real information about our hometown of Livingston. Situated at the junction of the NPRR’s main line and the Yellowstone Park Branch Line, Livingston in 1883 became [...]

The best wildlife photos are by Cindy and Dan Hartman in Silver Gate, Montana.  You can find them at http://wildlifealongtherockies.homestead.com/ (http://wildlifealongtherockies NULL.homestead NULL.com/).  They have lots of new photos that aren’t on their web site.  You can also check out some of their “stories” at https://www.yellowstonereports.com/index.php (https://www NULL.yellowstonereports NULL.com/index NULL.php) along with some slide shows that include some [...]