high country summer photo and story by WAYNE MUMFORD While spending an afternoon in the high mountain country of southeast Idaho, I happened upon a small group of mountain goats feeding in the late afternoon sun. I spent a while watching them and enjoying the scenery as they worked their way down the mountainside toward an outcrop of rocks below me. It was one of those situations where you think, now wouldn’t it be cool if one of them climbed up on the rock and looked back? But what are the chances? The opportunist in me held out. I framed it roughly and waited, and lo and behold, one climbed up for a look around. All I had to do was whistle, and I was rewarded with a look my way. Sometimes it really happens! E ic Idaho P
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