I spent a much needed day in Grand Teton National Park with Joyce. She showed me where the bachelor herd of moose hang out in the winter. It was amazing! We saw 26 moose!
We saw our first two farther away from the road. They had frosty bodies. The pictures Joyce got with her good camera are amazing.
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| Our first two of the day. |
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| They looked pretty standing out there with the sun coming up over the mountains. |
At our second stop there were five of them, and we got up close and personal with these guys. There were tons of photographers there getting pictures with their nice cameras, and I'm wandering amongst them with my cell phone taking pictures. 😂
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| It's crazy how they lay down and just disappear in the sage brush. Makes me wonder how many I've run right past without noticing them. |
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| Some of these guys were huge! |
We continued down the road and saw a couple elk making their way to the refuge.
Then we spotted a mama moose with 3 babies!
We saw the big herd farther off the road. We were counting them with binoculars. There were so many! We spotted 15 of them, but we may have missed some who were lying down.
We made a couple more stops looking for otters and foxes. Then we went to Colter Bay and did a 2.5 mile hike in the snow. The views across the lake were so good!
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| Someone made a cute snowman! |
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| The ice hanging off the debris in the lake was crazy! |
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| A day spent with Joyce is always a good day! |
On our way out, we stopped to see the big horn sheep behind the elk refuge. So cool!
The rut wasn't quite in full swing yet, but the males were definitely following the females around being annoying and persistent. 😅
Such a great day! I told Mark we needed to go now that I know where everything is. We planned a trip that weekend with Steph, but the weather turned bad, so we didn't get to do it. Mark and I made a plan to hang out there for Christmas Eve.
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