From our home in Hailey, ID, we often drive the 10 miles north to Ketchum and Sun Valley resort or beyond to numerous trailheads in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Idaho State Highway 75 is\u00a0busy with local and tourist traffic, and at times with wild animal crossings\u00a0including the beautiful wolves. Recently, probably due to the huge Beaver Creek wildfire last summer, deer and elk\u00a0herds come down from the hills\u00a0to graze in the lower valley.\u00a0 Several times a day in early Spring, a very wise and wily bull\u00a0stands majestically on\u00a0the roadside berm to the east, seeming to gauge traffic.\u00a0 As motorists spot him and stop in both directions, clearing the path for their traverse, he\u00a0leads his herd of about 50-75 elk across the highway and over the fence to a favorite grazing field before heading down for a drink\u00a0in the Big Wood River.\u00a0\u00a0It is stunning to watch. \u00a0Our two Huskies were as amazed and seemingly impressed as we. Pinky captured the moment on camera\u00a0as we patiently waited their crossing.<\/p>\n