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We call it "Elk Days". A bunch of elk come up to this small area and just hang out and chill. It's pretty cool
Actually. We stayed in these little cabins and every morning we would wake up to elk basically chilling on our porch.
And they weren't really scared of us... Weird.
Here's the thing I don't get... Bull elk actually heard the females. Like literally "heard" them. If a female was walking away from the heard the bull elk gets pissed and goes to round her up again. (I wouldn't put up with that if I were them...)
And there's rangers everywhere directing traffic cause people come from all over just to see these heards of elk. There was One bull elk to every 10-15 cow elk about. The rangers won't let you get too close to the elk...
So after dark my dad, brother in law, and husband decide to go looking for the bull elk cause the rangers had gone to bed. (This elk was really aggressive... Charging vehicles that would drive by)
Anywho... They found him and nearly died because it came charging after them. They felt pretty cool to live to tell the tale.
Mammoth is about an hour away from Old Faithful. So there were lots of mud lots and steam pots around the area.
About a mile away from us was a river and then another river that ran into it called "boiling river". The water was actually so hot it was boiling. But when the boiling river combined with the freezing cold river it was like sitting in a hot tub. Very cozy.
It was a lot of fun. Very relaxing. We plan going again next year. Calvin lived it of course because we were outside allll the time. We also stopped in West Yellowstone to get some pizza and candy :) such a fun weekend with my fam and especially getting to see Tyler more since he works nights and sleeps during the day. Such a hard worker that guy if mine is. Love him.
Anywho. Hope everyone's doing good! Here are a couple random picks from the rest of our weekend.
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