Majestic Mountains, Cools Streams and Shortbread Cookies~

One of my favorite colours has been sage green and when I view the sage brush in the west, I am always , made happy;)

Majestic mountains seems to rise from all directions on our travels, one more beautiful, or as beautiful as the last and next~

Sadly many thousands of acres have died due to insects and disease~

Gentle streams, cold, cold... seemed to arrive and leave us many places along the drive this day~

Many of the ranchers out west are so accustomed to their surroundings, that they admit, sometimes they take the beauty foregranted~

Our first Buffalo/Bison encounter was along a stream in Yellowstone and along the roadway~

This curious Raven was walking around our car as we took a break, looking for a handout.  We were reluctant to hand it anything and then after throwing a shortbread to the dog, which she decided she did not want, the Raven flew in to take over.  It was hilarious watching it first pick up the first piece and then work it around to collect the second half before flying away...we later learned that we were not to feed them, yet, I had not meant to at all. There was to be one more encounter of same, before we learned this message~