Bighorn sheep -Rams – Rocky Mountain National Park

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It’s Spring Break time again and the boys are resting up prior to heading out to the big bash tonight at Sheep Lake. It looks like it will be a good one, there’s a band playing, a wet t-shirt contest, all the grass you can eat and a minimum of rangers on duty. It’s a good time to get your hooves stuck in the mud and watch the young rams head butting contest. Always good to see who is going to be a potential problem this fall when the rut starts.

Spring break has been a long standing tradition here at Rocky Mountain National Park. Everyone’s been studying hard, winter has been a drag and it’s time to let off a little steam. There’s been some agitation from the German exchange students to make Spring break longer here because back home in Germany Spring Break can last from five to eight weeks long. That’s a long time to spend in the biergarten. The Brits chime in with the fact that they get a month off and of course in Jamaica mon, Spring Break is the entire year except for the week they go to school.

But the third and fourth year guys know that you have to pace yourself if you’re going to last so it’s prudent to spend the afternoon resting, catching the sun, deciding on what the evening’s strategy is going to be and checking to see that your stamina levels are  registering in the proper zones. After all the ewes can spot a wimp a mile away.