Yellowstone day 5

Yellowstone day 5

Please go to day one first. 5:45 start to the day watch two Pronghorns fighting next to the road. At Specimen Ridge a lone Black Wolf is spotted. My journal says a incredible power and beauty walking around 250 yards away, a rare sight.
8:45 start our hike up to Trout Lake. A wonderful hike up to the lake only to top a knoll and look down on unbelievable beauty. A crystal clear lake, with a semi-circle of fraser furs on one side and open meadow leading up to snow capped mountain on the other. Awesome mountain stream feeding into and out of the lake. Trout visibly swimming ten feet off the bank. Ducks flying in and landing flawlessly on the glass top lake. Fifteen people sitting in silence, hear the ducks, the Clark's Nutcracker, the rushing pond, smell the fragrance, clear and fresh, feel the sun on your face. One wishes he could sit here everyday. It is easy here to keep things perspective, I want to carry a piece of this time home with me.
Down the mountain take to the vans for a trip out of the park up to Beartooth Mountain. The pictures tell it all, 10 feet high snow, snow everywhere, stream rushing by with four foot snow piled on either bank. Snowmen, snow angels, snow ball fights, yes it is June 16th, in the afternoon.
Down the mountain for some time off trail on a hill overlooking the Yellowstone back in the park. They group took some time to practice observation skill, analytical skills, teamwork and journaling at a wonderful spot.
This has been my favorite day, Trout Lake is incredible, Beartooth Pass is out of place to this NC mind on June 15, an unexpected beauty in mid-summer.
Mike picked a spot for our end of day meeting, a spot of peace and beauty to top off a day of inner peace and beauty. One warning in this part of the west be sure and check for cactus before sitting down. A day filled with learning, growth, group work, and wonderment comes to an end.