July 20 - Lamar and Hayden Valley Drives

Last night we did the usual Lamar drive after dinner. At Slough Creek there were dozens of wolf watchers so I grabbed my spotting scope and we rushed out to the viewpoint.

Sure enough, we saw a total of seven Slough Creek wolves (5 black; 2 tan/gray)!!! They were playing in the fields, tackling each other and running around like domestic dogs, giving everyone a big thrill.

The next morning, we did a pre-breakfast drive into Lamar. At Soda Butte, we watched cliff swallows flying in and out of their nests. They put on quite a show and Colin got a ton of good photos here.


Then, we packed up camp and drove south to Dunraven Pass. As you can see, the balsamroot was still out in spectacular fashion.

Arrowleaf Balsamroot

Lupine mingling with the Balsamroot

Colin couldn't resist...