Babies on the Beartooth

Because we didn't have an evening service this past Sunday, Dan and I took a drive. We had been looking forward all week to getting up on the Beartooth Pass. It is always beautiful, and a fun drive, and this trip was no exception. We did, however, have a specific photographic agenda for the drive.

We were looking for kids. No, not children... baby goats! We spotted a small herd near Twin Lakes and walked out to check it for babies. Nope, a bunch of rams. But look! Over on the other side of the lake, there were more goats. With the binoculars, Dan could see that the kids were in that group. So we jumped back in the car and moved up to the ski lift. From there, we had to hike a little more than half a mile to get to where we could see them. Once we had them in sight, we enjoyed watching the little ones' antics. We were delighted when the whole flock moved in even closer. (The best part was that we had them all to ourselves!)



Eventually, they wandered away from us, and we decided not to give chase. We headed back to the car, and lo and behold, several of the goats had beat us back and were in the parking lot! That's okay, we didn't want cars and people and roads in our pictures anyway. After snapping a couple of shots of a photogenic marmot posing in the rocks, we made our way back down the mountain and home.