Wyoming and Marmots

Our recent vacation to Wyoming found us leaving 106 degree daytime temperature of Central Texas for a much cooler 70 degree clime of Wyoming. Nighttime in Central Texas held temperatures in the upper 70’s and lower 80’s. However, nights at our campsite in the Snowy Range near Medicine Bow held temperatures in the high 40’s and low 50’s. This was just what we needed.

We spent four days and three nights camping and hiking in the forests of the Snowy Range. One such day found us surprised to see this little fellow, a Yellow-bellied Marmot. He was dashing around the rocky slopes near Lake Marie Falls. This is his kind of neighborhood. Marmots typically like rocky boulders and talus slopes especially near grasses and vegetation that form its diet.