I’m talking about the one on the right with some water spraying up on the left!

This is the head of the herd of elk that numbered over 60 we sat and watched in the park for quite a while. What a majestic beast!

He takes his share of the road right out of the middle!

As we spend  this final day in Montana, we are gathering up all our clothes, which we got to wash and  dry here at Peggy’s.  We will repack the old truck and see if we can somehow still get the lid closed after cleaning out the tourist trap gift stores in every area of the park.  Then there is the “good stuff” that Charlotte and Peggy bottled up for future medicinal needs.  (I think I already feel a little sore throat coming on!  Pass the bottle!)  Then there is the left-over birthday cake which we will split with Peggy and take the rest on the road for future “rest stops”.

This place has left me on overload.  My eyes are tired from looking at so many spectacular sights that I will probably never see again.  It’s the whole package, the landscape, the animals, the history of the place, the people who live here and do the craziest things for a living.  It is another part of this great big picture puzzle we call America.  There is always something to laugh about.  It is amazing how humor seems to find a way into every area of our lives and these people have their own little world of humor based on trying to stay alive in this place.

Today I am reloading and reflecting over our trip thus far.  Here are some shots I just couldn’t leave out.

An old dead tree made a great frame for this shot