Montana and Yellowstone




The skeletal frames of tepees mark the site of the massacre of Nez Perce Indians at the Big Hole Battlefield.




Butterflies at the same site - an eerie presence given their symbolism for the souls of the dead.




Driving down back roads in the Big Hole Valley - cows demanding a truckload of hay in exchange for safe passage.





An old schoolhouse.




Amanda inside the van that was also our bed - complete with air mattress and velcro curtains.




Female moose enjoying wet browsables at a pond near Yellowstone National Park.




Amanda with one of Yellowstone's many thermal features.




Old Faithful does its thing - this was just before the spray drifted towards us and got us a bit wet.




Bison are protected within Yellowstone but under threat outside the park.  Later in the evening we had to stop for a huge buffalo traffic jam. 




Evening sets in at another thermal zone.




Sunset with thermal vents in the distance.