Fall Photography in the National Parks - Day 13

September 24th, 2025

I had planned to leave early in the morning to take sunrise footage of the Devil’s Canyon, but then I decided to take another look at the marshes where I had been seeing the Moose.
I am glad I did.
There were a few of them, busy with different things.

After these few days observing them, I came to realize that they go out even earlier in the morning than I expected.
By the time the sun is barely coming up, they are already moving back towards the forest, looking for the trees’ coverage.
Some of them stay in the marsh, but, from what I have seen, most go back into the shadow.

In any case, I saw another family slowly walking their way from the marsh to the forest, a couple of calves crossing the road and heading in the same direction, and a cow heading towards the deeper side of the marsh.

The sun wasn’t even out yet, but I managed to get a shot with an incredibly orange background of the sunlight just hitting the mountain and the moose crossing through it.
Loved it.

Happy that I had spent some more time with the moose, I then started driving south through the canyon and stopped at a few places to take drone shots.
I didn't take any pictures; I only took videos. The lighting was not as good as I had hoped for, but I think I captured some decent imagery.

Once I reached the bottom of the Canyon, I headed towards Cody, where I went to do some errands: empty the RV tanks, buy a new Leatherman Wave+ multi-tool, fill up the gas and the propane, and say bye to Russell, who was so kind to drive and meet me in town to say hello.

My original plan was to drive the Chief Joseph Highway again and camp there for the night, but when I created the route in Google Maps, I didn't notice that it was taking a different, shorter route.
When I realized it, it was already too late to go back, so I proceeded to Beartooth Pass.

The views were absolutely incredible, something I had never seen before. The scale of the landscape really makes you feel small and humble.
I love mountains.

Eyes of the Wild RV on Beartooth Pass

I decided to find a campground and stay overnight to attempt an early shoot at sunrise.
The campgrounds were all closed for the season, which was really annoying.
In the Bighorn forest, at least, they left the access open, but here they had them gated out.
So I took a forest road and found a fantastic spot to camp for the night.

I took a shower and did some work, then taught my class from 7 PM to 10 PM, and I went to bed.