![A creek runs through a very rocky area, with a trail to the left. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/ZHXCRlEd2ZIa/SsRWU7VfYmrPfo08ujkLhpLiVDl7RIU0z9wqgDFI.jpg)
...and speaking of Russell Creek, it's pretty nice!
That second picture made me a little jealous, as we bonked along Russell Creek – Custer-Gallatin National Forest still has mounted backcountry rangers. I was not opposed to the pickup that Lolo NF gave us,* but a couple of horses would've been more fun.
![A river runs through heavily-forested woodland. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/RC7XPl8EqbAy/em7kfaDqF8cGfJVJBb51NHPCpxcOFjDo6YrVddGv.jpg)
We'd carefully (/luckily!) selected a spot to sit where this pronghorn just ambled right on by. Nice to see them from the front – usually it's their silly butts as they run away!
![A pronghorn antelope walks by amidst low greenery. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/08sTJm0qercQ/jAxRGvL1K5d9CILwyxqiiOAcIWEZJhDB1fzcYozw.jpg)
A couple bits and pieces of the Yellowstone River.
![A large waterfall in the middle of trees and a yellowey, stoney canyon. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/KaN6mPnQo2Az/nZOB71dO8l8G9YefoHhEb6pT6fgCzoajNtNhRGxS.jpg)
Davis, Yolo County, California, United States
Cool beans!
Glacier Lake, also near the MT/WY border. This is one that we made an immediate mental note to return to with swimming stuff. Big mistake not coming prepared.
![A lake ringed with rocky mountainsides, with an island in the middle. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/laWRxaJnUCSM/dJg7I66DlSDFd3dzHmTERVapdbUEWao4p3iM1rEo.jpg)
Russell Creek in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
![A creek runs through tall trees with clouds behind [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/Tha9qEX3Cocb/0jXtDQcNS1em5uxF4qeCcZIIAQ3dllk0C6Mglma3.jpg)
Waiting at the top of the Beartooth – marmots and pikas! I still think it's fun that after years of looking around for pikas, we'd spent three months being surrounded by them. And never getting sick of it 😄
![A sign indicates the top of the Beartooth Pass, at 10,947 feet, with a car in a dirt lot behind. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/OsR4O4Q1Rpso/DvMjujFog0v9xbRm2UMnhTIxZcK3H9NVvaT1ScEe.jpg)
The Broadwater River, right on the Montana/Wyoming state line. It's a bit hard to spot at first, but this bit of the river had been heavily messed-with in the late 18th-early 19th centuries to provide hydroelectric power.
![A river runs through the forest, with sharp cuts in the surrounding rock. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/2sKk8w7zbQrT/pKF3IMBNx5jbONovwOnqg4ZGDPgVEeGRzo2BjrhE.jpg)
Little drifty-wood by Clear Lake, in Yellowstone. A hike where we got some clouds was a welcome surprise!
![Driftwood sits on a beach with trees behind and clouds overhead. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/7QIDx71RPV2a/5k6gF30UQQmcROiApAm2tDSUSjx7EvGWhM3QKl6R.jpg)