When driving past the eastern Sierra-Nevada on the beautiful highway 395, we came across a grassland at the base of a mountain. "Wildlife viewing area" a board said and when we pulled over and looked towards the mountain, the beautiful sight an elk herd greeted us. There must have been hundreds in that herd, roaming the fenced grassland, shielded from the busy highway. The setting resembled that of the vast herbivore herds roaming the grasslands of East Africa...














They seem to be interested in those water pipes...






...and they wouldn't look at a photographer getting roasted in the desert sun. :(






The Sierra-Nevada towers over the grassland