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These animals have been on my list of ones to see in the wild for forever. I've been to Yellowstone a bunch of times and always took time to try and spy one. No luck there. Mountain Goats, of heck yes. Sheep? Nada. I think I saw a pair once while on an Alaskan cruise ship. Still, I wasn't able to say I'd ever seen a live, wild Big Horn of any kind until last Saturday.
Ma and I took a tour to Rapid City, South Dakota last Weds to visit a couple of our grandkids that are attending the School of Mining and Technology. Friday we got the school tour and caught up on how the two are getting along in west. Saturday afternoon we took a drive out in the hill country about 60 miles and then came back to town to drop the kids off....Saturday, college kids....things they have to do ya know. Any way we were nearing Rapid City and Carole says "there's a sign that says to watch out for big horn sheep crossing the road". I thought she was joking until I saw another flashing lighted sign stating the same a bit further along. Actually we were only a couple miles from Rapid City's city limits when I saw the second sign and right there, and I do mean right there, in a guy's yard, stood 8 big horn sheep. I almost drove off the damned road. I got stopped in the driveway and got out for a picture but the sun was so bright in the late afternoon I couldn't make out what I had framed in the view finder but I shot 6 or 8 frames ....hoping one would turn out. And one did. Now I can scratch big horns off my list, but they sure as heck weren't found where I would have intentionally looked for them.
I'm sure Ron knows where this we were at to get this picture. He's likely seen these critters pretty close to where we did. They are certainly a beautiful animal.
Ma and I took a tour to Rapid City, South Dakota last Weds to visit a couple of our grandkids that are attending the School of Mining and Technology. Friday we got the school tour and caught up on how the two are getting along in west. Saturday afternoon we took a drive out in the hill country about 60 miles and then came back to town to drop the kids off....Saturday, college kids....things they have to do ya know. Any way we were nearing Rapid City and Carole says "there's a sign that says to watch out for big horn sheep crossing the road". I thought she was joking until I saw another flashing lighted sign stating the same a bit further along. Actually we were only a couple miles from Rapid City's city limits when I saw the second sign and right there, and I do mean right there, in a guy's yard, stood 8 big horn sheep. I almost drove off the damned road. I got stopped in the driveway and got out for a picture but the sun was so bright in the late afternoon I couldn't make out what I had framed in the view finder but I shot 6 or 8 frames ....hoping one would turn out. And one did. Now I can scratch big horns off my list, but they sure as heck weren't found where I would have intentionally looked for them.
I'm sure Ron knows where this we were at to get this picture. He's likely seen these critters pretty close to where we did. They are certainly a beautiful animal.