These beautiful desert critters needed a post all to themselves. This was my first encounter with big horn sheep (though that XL one insisted that I credit him as a “Ram” (he required the capitalization as well)). The herd seemed to welcome me into their social structure, posing for photo after photo. They paraded about the slopes with photogenic elegance, munching on sagebrush and juniper to their hearts’ content. I became a part of their herd that day, and my time in their ranks left me with a deeper understanding of, and love for, Bighorn Culture. After many pictures, I bid them farewell, and rushed off to catch up with the human herd I entered the park with.