Photo Gallery: Sunset outing on the Yellowstone River

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Malta and Osa splash along the shore of the Yellowstone River below the Four Dances Natural Area.

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On the steep, narrow road leading down to the river bottom, it almost looked like fall, but it was just the late-afternoon sun painting the grasses orange and red.

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The cliffs across from Coulson Park shine at sunset.

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Malta runs into the river, her tail like an exclamation point to her joy.

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Another view of the river bottom.

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Malta in a rare moment of stillness.

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Nearing the end of the outing.

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Yeah, we live in a pretty beautiful place.

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A spectacular sunset over the river, with the Phillips 66 refinery visible at left.

On what was almost a perfect summer day, a young dog lover by the name of Pari Kemmick went with some friends up to the Four Dances Natural Area early in the evening on Monday.

They walked to the edge of the high sandstone formations there (often referred to as Sacrifice Cliff), then made their way down to the Yellowstone River bottom via a steep, narrow road.

Pari and her friends swam and enjoyed the sunset, but no one had quite as much fun as their dogs, Malta and Osa. Those two ran up and down the riverbank, swam, chased sticks and generally cavorted until they reached the point of almost beginning to think there might be such a thing as exhaustion, which thought they quickly banished from their minds.

We offer up a gallery of photos from the outing, to remind you what wonders there are so close to home, and to remind you that summer is quickly slipping away.

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