We left Yellowstone and headed out the northeast exit to Cooke City and the Beartooth Pass area. We had trouble finding a camping spot near the exit of the park and all the Forest Service campgrounds around Cooke City were closed for the season. We finally camped at Island Lake campground just about to the top of Beartooth pass. It is a new campground we discovered last year and was in the process of being closed, but the campground host said we could spend the night. Billy and I got up early the next morning and did a paddle around the lake. It was pretty cold as the water drops from the paddles were freezing on the tops of the kayaks. But the sun finally came up and everything warmed up - the air, the kayaks, and the humans. We left there and stopped further up the highway for a hike. Then it was down the other side to the Red Lodge area where we went into town for a latte and late lunch. After spending the night in a FS campground just out of town, Connie and I headed to the Bitterroot and Bill and Marney headed back into the park for a few more days.
Marney dangling her feet over the edge. Snow and a lake can be seen across the way.
Our vehicles awaiting our return.
Billy Bud and I.
The girls on the beach at Island Lake.
Hiking around the lake in late afternoon.
A red tail hawk checking us out.
Some mergansers left a few feathers behind when the paddled away when we arrived with our kayaks.
The sun finally hitting the lake.
Ice on the water of a creek coming into the lake.
Ice crystals coming up out of the ground and forming columns which pushed up the sand which stayed on top of the crystal column. We found these pretty interesting.
B & M enjoying the view of the Beartooth region.
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