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I have just over two weeks left at Lake Lodge in Yellowstone National Park. Then I'll be transferring back to Mammoth Hot Springs. I love both places, the hiking is incredible. Right now, people are checking out of their rooms, heading home or some other adventure. What a season it's been, so memorable.

This is a photo of the Lake Lodge building. My Employee Dining Room is in this building.


On a hike through the meadow facing Lake Yellowstone, I came upon a great evening view of Fishing Bridge. Hiking the back mile there is a wonderful way to unwind, see wild life, get some serious fresh air.


The path is narrow, sage brush abounds. The flavor of the sage is potent, but not toxic. Bison sign is everywhere, watch your step!



View out my window facing the woods. I have seen many bison back here, a doe with her fawns. Some say a griz likes to wander through this area. So far, I haven't seen him.


My ultra light backpacking gear. For a report of Wednesday's hike to Shoshone lake, see my other blog,

http://brawnyview.blogspot.com

I'm so glad I was able to move, that means transfer, to Lake Yellowstone for a month just before the Rut. Bison are roaming all over the place. We really have to be careful now, calves, moms and bulls are not afraid of us humans.

Tomorow is a day off and I am hiking to Heart's Lake, day pack, water, and bear spray in tow.

A baby just got too hungry to wait any longer and decided to feed right in front of us camera buffs.
Heden Valley is really crowded now with bison, but I can look right outside my main floor window and watch from the comfort of my own room. I'm a lucky woman!

This is the fourth summer I'll be cooking at a National Park.

I just got my employement package in the mail, Yellowstone National Park, seriously one of the most interesting places in America.

If you've got the time or inclination, run over to http://www.coolworks.com
and check out all the seasonal and full time oportunities for adventurers. There is a wealth of information, blogs, personal pages, tons of photos from first timers and addicts like myself.

There's something about the wild life hanging out round the dorms, the spotted fawns skipping along side mom, the bison en mass walking through the cabins for rent, the elk wandering down the trail that does something for me. Lake Yellowstone is my all time favorite location in the park. This year I'll be flying and that will make it a little different.
If you want cell service, you can hike up Elephant Mountain, to the very top, and climb a tree. I'm told it might fade in and out, but worth trying.
Another option is to walk to Fishing Bridge. Once the trail is open because the bears have quit eating carrion along the shore, its only a little more than a mile. Great ice cream cones, too.

There are regular phones, but who uses them anymore?

Will be posting photos all summer.