{"id":13722,"date":"2016-08-17T08:04:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=13722"},"modified":"2016-08-17T08:06:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:06:03","slug":"photo-gallery-a-sunset-outing-on-the-yellowstone-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2016\/08\/photo-gallery-a-sunset-outing-on-the-yellowstone-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Gallery: Sunset outing on the Yellowstone River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"slides-13722\" class=\"navis-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slide-nav\">\n\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"prev\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"next\"><\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slides_container\"><div id=\"13722-slide1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances5-771x578.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Pari Kemmick <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Malta and Osa splash along the shore of the Yellowstone River below the Four Dances Natural Area.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"13722-slide2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances-1-771x520.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Pari Kemmick <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>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.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"13722-slide3\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances-2-771x578.jpg*771*578\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances-2.jpg\" \/><h6>Pari Kemmick <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>The cliffs across from Coulson Park shine at sunset.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"13722-slide4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances-7-771x578.jpg*771*578\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances-7.jpg\" \/><h6>Pari Kemmick <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Malta runs into the river, her tail like an exclamation point to her joy.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"13722-slide5\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances3-771x578.jpg*771*578\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances3.jpg\" \/><h6>Pari Kemmick <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Another view of the river bottom.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"13722-slide6\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances6-771x578.jpg*771*578\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances6.jpg\" \/><h6>Pari Kemmick <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Malta in a rare moment of stillness.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"13722-slide7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances11-771x578.jpg*771*578\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances11.jpg\" \/><h6>Pari Kemmick <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Nearing the end of the outing.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"13722-slide8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances4-771x578.jpg*771*578\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances4.jpg\" \/><h6>Pari Kemmick <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Yeah, we live in a pretty beautiful place.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"13722-slide9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/FourDances-9-771x578.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Pari Kemmick <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>A spectacular sunset over the river, with the Phillips 66 refinery visible at left.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><script>jQuery( document ).ready( function() { loadSlideshow( 13722, 'https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2016\/08\/photo-gallery-a-sunset-outing-on-the-yellowstone-river\/', 9 ) } );<\/script>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Pari and her friends swam and enjoyed the sunset,\u00a0but 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<div class=\"well\"><div class=\"dfad dfad_pos_1 dfad_first\" id=\"_ad_652\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/mjhWkW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/201703_capeair_variable.jpg\" alt=\"CapreAir_Variable\" width=\"510\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18069\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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