my travels in pixels

Adirondacks Wildlife Refuge 7 August 2016 There is a wildlife refuge in the Adirondacks that we visited on our second day back in the US. Steve who runs the refuge gives an incredible talk for about an hour on the history of the wolf. He walked us through man leaving Africa after the Ice Age and moving up to the northern hemisphere. How man changed from eating fruit and learned from the wolf how to The domestic dog and the wolf share a common ancestor. A pack of wolves always includes an alpha female (usually the mother) and alpha male (usually the father) and the pups (children). When the pups want to breed, they need to leave the pack and start their own. We were able to see how the wolves reacted to two of their handlers. Just like a domestic dog. Giving affection. Getting jealous when one was getting more attention than them. Some people brought their dogs to the refuge. Why would you do that? Anyway the wolves went berserk, understandably. One of them ho...

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Yellowstone is so large that you need to spend time in different areas. During our first year we came in the south gate from the Grand Tetons and stayed at Grant Village, then moved up to Tower Fall so that we could visit the Lamar and Tower area, then Norris to see the western side of the park. view from our campsite This year after Fishing Bridge, we moved up to Mammoth where we have stayed numerous times before. Our favourite campsite wasn't available, so we stayed in another for one night and moved the next day. The campground is full every night, and when we went to renew our site, they had taken the envelopes away to stop people stealing other people's campsites!