Tuesday August 18th Penny and I drove out to the east side of the Lamar Valley to hike around Trout Lake. Our hiking buddies went to the Tetons to meet up with some of their friends from San Diego. Along the way we saw some animals walking along a ridgeline less than a mile away. We couldn't quite figure out what they were with just our eyes, so we took a couple pictures. We zoomed in on the pictures and determined that it was an entire PACK of wolves. Usually people see only one wolf at a time, so seeing seven of them at the same time was quite a treat. I couldn't get all seven in one shot but I did get six of them in one of our photos (well, most of the six).

 

We spent about 15 minutes watching them until they went behind the hill and could no longer be seen.

Not far down the road was Trout Lake. It's a cute little lake up in the hills north of the valley. It's a short hike but it is steep for the first quarter mile. They have a hybrid breed of fish in this lake that is a cross between Rainbow and Cutthroat trout. There were a couple of fishermen there but otherwise there were very few people. The scenery is quite beautiful.

 

This Tuesday is Christmas in Yellowstone, so I'm not sure if we will be hiking or not.