Thursday, May 17, 2012...

Today we went through the Lamar Valley again and continued on through the northeast entrance of the park and into Cooke City, Montana. This is an old mining town and it is definitely a very remote area. It was a neat little town with several places for lodging, several restaurants and a few neat shops. We went in the old general store that was well over 100 years old. They still have the original shelving, glass display cases and even some old tin bins labeled cloves, ginger, and one was gun powder.

By the time we headed back, the winds picked up, the skies were dark and we hit some rain. There were not as many animals out today but we did see some elk with horns and lots of uinta ground squirrels. These little squirrels live in holes they burrow in the ground. We also met some people who told us there has been some wolf sightings in the valley but so far we have not been fortunate to see them.