I'm King Of The Log!

In an attempt to make it back to West Yellowstone at a reasonable hour to do a little exploration around town, we headed back.  Soon enough we were sidetracked again.  Vol Fan's favorite herd of bighorn sheep were still in the same area as they had been earlier in the day.

We pulled up just as a rainstorm unloaded.  Lightning flashed.  Thunder boomed.  Buckets of rain fell.  But the sheep still just grazed.  And soon enough, the storm passed so we were able to get some photos.

This one seemed to be saying "I'm King of the Log!!"

But this one had other ideas!  LOL!!

Still More Excitement

After the excitement and the long day, we slept in and got a late start.  We woke to a light drizzle and plenty of fog so it was easy to sleep a little later.  Eventually, we realized that we had places to go, things to see and we were off!

Of course, we were greeted by our daily road block when we entered Yellowstone.

As we neared the Tower Fall area, the sun peeped out and lit up the rocks of the gorge.  Of course, we had to stop and soak in the view.

And then we were back on the road, heading toward Mammoth Hot Springs.  As we rounded a curve, we spotted bighorn sheep on the hillside.  Vol Fan has amazing animal-spotting abilities and saw the big male, just before he disappeared over the crest of the hill.

Vol Fan could not resist the urge to try to see that big male again.  We parked around the curve, on the backside of the hill.  Off Vol Fan went, climbing the hill to try to find the big ram.  And find him, he did.  And the ram was not a happy camper at the disturbance.  Not happy enough, that he charged toward Vol Fan!  Needless to say, Vol Fan came very quickly back down the hill!

After getting Vol Fan's heart rate back to a normal pace, we were back on the road toward Mammoth. Beauty in every direction!

After arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs, the most momentous event of the day took place.  Meet your new Junior Ranger!

Yay me!!