This is a meadow behind our campsite that was covered in frost the next morning.
As you can see most of the trees are small since the are only 18 years old. We followed this river, the Snake River, most of the day.
We thought the meadow with the river running through it was a great background for pictures.
Bob joining in for the pictures, especially since he forgot his camera!
As we walked through this meadow we came across a grizzly cache (next picture). Other animals raided the cache and pulled out the spine and skull of the animal taken down by the grizzly.
Once grizzly have their fill, they will usually bury the left overs for later. This is called a grizzly cache. We were looking around carefully.
Look at the larger picture, two sand hill cranes taking flight. They are extremely loud. We thought there were a lot more then these two.
This was one of the many large meadows that we crossed through that day. You would have expected to see something in these meadows. 
We really did not want to switch out of our boots, so we crossed via some down trees. Does Tom look a little shakey on that tree?
Bob decided he did not like the look of the tree Tom was on and went downstream a ways to find a "safer" crossing.
Providing a frame, the break in the trees offered some awesome views of the river.
A closer picture of the river. We really enjoyed the awesome sites and sounds of the river flowing. Can you imagine what this looked like in a snowmelt!
As we took a break for lunch, we looked back at how far we had gone from Mt. Sheridan.
We ate lunch at this bend in the river, one of the few places we could find shade. Also, we needed to filter water before heading down the next trail, leaving the river.
As soon as we got done with lunch we began to ascend, giving us some awesome views of Mt. Sheridan and the area that we had covered the last couple of days.
This is a look down at the Snake River from our ascent after lunch.
And of course, Mt. Sheridan and the river in the same shot from the highpoint on this ascent.
More evidence of grizzly in the area as well as evidence that Moose are in the area as well.
As we crossed this huge expansive meadow, we looked back at Mt. Sheridan. Look closely and you can see the trail meandering through the meadow.
As we descended down to the river, you can witness the haze from this years fires as well as the destruction of the hills across the river.
After we crossed the river and took a break to put our boots back on, I thought the contour of the hill we just descended was really neat looking.
I think this is an awesome picture of the Snake River flowing down through the valley on a beautiful day.
This looks back up the Snake River from where we crossed and ascended.
Our next campsite was very open and we spread out quite a bit. Bob decided to nestle the trees.
Tom decided the trees was a nice place to be as well. If you look closely behind his tent area, you can see our food bags hanging from the horiztonal tree.
I, on the other hand, opted for the open area, hoping for the first glimpses of the sun to warm me up!
Bob is sitting in our new "kitchen" for the night getting prepared.
80% of Yellowstone is Lodgepole Pine, but behind our campsite we actually had some Birch trees growing and got to watch a Pileated Wood Pecker fly around.
I did not catch the deer gracefully coming down this slope, but she definately thought we were worth a look, so she came down from ridge.
Once again we had the pleasure of another beautiful sunset.
The crescent moon was out during this week.
