A late spring blizzard obscures a bison in white, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

I learned a valuable lesson this weekend — check the weather before packing. I went to Yellowstone for Memorial Day to capture newborn baby animals frolicking in meadows of budding wildflowers. I was obviously mistaken. This shot was taken on Sunday, but it could have been either Friday, Saturday or Monday. It was like this the entire weekend — weather I might welcome were it not for the fact that I didn’t bring anything heavier than a light fleece. To make matters worse, a major rock slide on Friday closed off a major section of the park. That being said, it is Yellowstone, and there’s always something to photograph. I’ve never seen more bison in the park and there were, in fact, plenty of babies. This guy was grazing nearby a thermal pond which added to the white out of the blizzard-like conditions.