These cattle roam free on the refuge.

Elk!

Elk Mountain hike!

It’s a lot of up…

ha

Beautiful place.

I like to hike in the morning and evening.

Beautiful light and cooler temps.

As a photographer I think it is totally acceptable to ask that we only hike in the golden hour…

Nick took the big kids to finish the hike to the top.

Little bit and I hung out in this amazing spot with awesome views.

She thought pretending to eat me was giving me kisses.

Ha

The tiny specks on the top of the ridge are my kids.

Rabbit!

Nick took this from the top!

Headed down.

After this hike we ate lunch at the camper and went into town to go the Museum of the Great Plains.

Since this is already a long post, I will do a seperate post from the museum.

After visiting the museum we had vehicle trouble!

We hung out in a car parts store parking lot for a while and had no clue if we would be able to drive home the next day.

Let alone make it back to the campground.

We stopped at a nearby park to let kids run off energy and so Nick could research(our campsite did not have any cell service).

After none of our efforts to find a shop to repair it or a reasonable rental that fits a family of 7 we headed back towards our campsite.

It was an interesting twist to our vacation but gave me a glimpse into what full time travel might be like.

If you break down, you don’t know anyone around to help fix it.

I was thankful for Nick offering to stop at a spot on the way back to the campsite.

Our vehicle was running rough but we made it back(it was a holiday weekend so our options were limited).

This place just shows off at sunset.

I had no clue what the next day would hold but loved ending a somewhat stressful day on such a beautiful note.