We thought we'd check in since we have a temporary period of access to the rest of the world. We just completed a 3 night adventure in Yellowstone backcountry. Lots of fun!! Lots of hiking. If you feel like looking on a map, we hiked to Bighorn Pass one day and Fawn Pass another day (roughly 9100 feet elevation). Base camp was 5 miles in from West Yellowstone, along the Gallatin River (roughly 7500 feet elevation). Many elk seen but mostly when hiking with 10 people and llamas, few close encounters (all but Anna got up from our picnic area to explore, and an elk walked within 10 feet of her, thinking we were all gone). Throughout our whole trip however we have seen lots of wildlife: moose, black and grizzly bear, bison, elk, white tail and mule deer, pronghorn, wolves, coyote, bighorn sheep, golden and bald eagles, raven, red-naped woodpeckers, meadowlarks, osprey, peregrine falcon vs. goshawk (split decision on ID), sandhill crane, yellow bellied marmot, and others. Found lots of bones, and a few fossils and obsidian flakes discarded by frustrated native ancient flintknappers. Also wading through the Gallatin found a piece of very old petrified tropical wood. We enjoyed getting to know the differences between all the llamas personalities. Some cuddly and some definitely not. Obviously very interesting geologic features including the mountains, and thermal features. Also interesting history. We will try putting pictures up, if we have time. It's getting late so we'll possibly try tomorrow.