Watching the Elk...

We have been watching Elk pretty much every day since we arrived in Wyoming two weeks ago. Every viewing is so amazing. They are never in the same place for 24 hours. These pictures were taken at sunrise yesterday before a mini snowstorm blew through.

The herd is made up of mostly moms and their kids. The big guys hang out together in some isolated undisclosed area. Well, not really. I just forgot the name of the place they hang out in the winter. It is somewhere up the mountain. But some of the male kids still have their antlers.

Two elk having a nose to nose conversation.

The sunrise made for a nice background!

This lone whitetail deer didn't seem to mind the company.

This was the biggest bull we saw.

Steve took this one with his phone. The elk came across the hill then down to the valley.

What a sight to see while drinking our morning coffee!

ATVing with Tracks, Up and Down Crazy Woman Canyon

Steve put this bad boy together before we drove out west to Wyoming right after Christmas and then worked on it a bit once we arrived. The other day we took it up and down the Crazy Woman Canyon. What fun! The quad is a two up (two seats made for two riders) so I just ride and take pictures!

The canyon is so quiet and peaceful this time of the year. We felt like we had the whole thing to ourselves...

A quick little selfie cuz I can :)

Would this be considered a shadow selfie? My what long legs we have here...long and skinny, I like that...

Crazy Woman Canyon Creek to the right.

And just one more selfie...

Reflections From November

Well, today is December 1, 2017. How did we get here so fast I wonder? I didn't blog once in November. Oh, I thought about it all the time, but it was a busy month. And I'm going to share with you a few reasons why it was a busy blessed month.

On October 30 this little peanut arrived into the world at 6:32 pm.

Meet Harper Kay VanDyke - our first grandchild!

Such a miracle and a blessing. Her due date to arrive was supposed to be Thanksgiving Day but she decided she wanted to enjoy Thanksgiving and Halloween with her family in little person.

Ha!

She was 5# 5 oz. when she was born. Yesterday she weighed in at 7# 6 oz.

November was also a busy month because we spent much time at deer camp. The dogs love deer camp.

All situated in my deer blind.

I got my buck opener morning. So I really spent lots of time at camp rather than in my blind. 

Meat in the freezer!

Steve also got a buck. But for some reason we just didn't take a pic. Maybe it was because we were very tired after dragging that bad boy through all the water and then back to camp. We didn't have a four-wheeler handy so we went with plan B.

Or maybe it was because his was a three point and mine was a six. 

More meat in the freezer!

And now, for the last three days, I've been canning herring that we caught in June and July.  We love this stuff!

Fish in the pantry!

(I don't have a pantry...did I ever tell you how small our house is? Ha! My pantry is under our bed :))

Happy shopping, wrapping, baking, and decorating everyone! Happy December!

~Debi

Pssst...not all the above pics were taken by me, but they were taken by family members.