Livingston, Montana Mid Winter In Color and Black And White

Yellowstone River at Sacajawea Park in Livingston, MT

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Sacajawea Park

Pine Creek Montana

Pine Creek Montana in the Absaroka-Beartooth Mountains in the Galletin Wilderness Area.

And now some color

Tip of the Absaroka-Beartooth Mountains in the Galletin Wilderness Area.

My favorite fishing spot off to the right. It is a little inlet
that a lot of bid daddy fish congregate in. 

At the spot!

Yellowstone River looking North back towards Livingston

It is a little hairy going out to fish this time of year as one could slip and go swimming.

Looking North towards Livingston and the gap between the mountains.

When a large train comes through town there is only one way across and that is down this road and under a bridge.

This is the end of the tunnel going into downtown Livingston

Coming out of the tunnel.

Lots of interesting houses n the town.

Believe me the side walks are way hazardous with all the ice. Better to walk in the street.

This is a large pond frozen over in Sacajawea Park.

As good students of history we all know the story of Sacajawea and her baby as she served as guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition. Her is a statue in the local park named after her.

 Some wild ducks and geese were hanging out along the open and calm Yellowstone River bank.

One of my favorite hangouts along the Yellowstone River

I believe this track use to run into the Yellowstone National Park.

This track is heading West towards Bozeman. 

Some old lady's house along the railway tracks.

This is a favorite local walking path between the Sacajawea Park and the Yellowstone River.

Montana In Deep Freeze

Hi Folks for the past three weeks the temperature has been a balmy -5 to 5 degrees with the wind sometimes blowing 45 miles per hour. Needless to say the Yellowstone River has froze up in some places and the large animals have come down off the mountains. This blog will focus on that river in it's frozen glory and a herd of Big Horn sheep with their thick winter coats. Enjoy!

Frozen Yellowstone at the Bridge in Tom Miner Basin

Plenty of deer hanging out at Red's house in Tom Miner Basin. I stopped counting at 40. Is nice to have them around but a large bear also likes to hang out at this semi remote home and tear things up.

Somebody put this in Red's front yard as a Christmas joke.

The Big Horn Sheep came off the mountain in Tom Miner Basin to eat and for a photo

of with yours truly.

This is the old railway road that goes through the Tom Miner Basin and up to the Yellowstone NP

Very beautiful any time of year and especially when covered in white.

Yellowstone River

Tom Miner Basin, Montana

Tom Miner Basin on the edge of Paradise Valley, Montana

The old railway line up to the Yellowstone National Park

Tom Minor Basin

This is some old 19th to 20th turn of the century marking that were put here for the train that use to run
from Livingston some 45 miles away up to the Yellowstone National Park.

For some stupid reason they shut down the train run.

The train use to run into this Yankee Jim Canyon and parallel along the Yellowstone River.

As my buddy Red points out it would have been a really beautiful ride to the
 Yellowstone NP back in the day.

Nice view of the Yellowstone River in Yankee Jim Canyon, Montana

Frozen but still moving in spots the Yellowstone River