Yellowstone to Tetons

Last evening after I blogged in W. Yellowstone, we saw the same "blonde" grizzly on our way back to our campground that we had seen going in to town - so here he is! He was very close to an elk, as you can see in the picture below.


While we were watching the grizzly, two wolves came out of the woods and were bouncing up and down - apparently after something we couldn't see in the grass. There were a lot of us standing along the road watching, and traffic coming from the other way slowed down to all take a look too. As we headed on, we passed about 2 miles of traffic backed up going the other way. The saddest part was they animals had all disappeared into the woods except the elk, so they wouldn't even get to see the action when they finally got to the "hot spot."

After a vicious storm that hit just as we got back to our campground, I finally got to sleep. I thought our little egg Casita was going to get blown across the campground and stop when it hit a bison or something! Once again, we made it through the night uneventfully (our second storm of the trip).
We left our campground at 6 a.m. headed for the Tetons and got a lovely campsite in Coulter Bay Campground at about 8 (we had to stop for lots of sunrise pictures along the way).

Randy at Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park just south of Yellowstone. A real plus for this park is there is wi-fi available at two locations right in the park. I am blogging at the beautiful Lake Jackson Lodge just 5 mi. south of our Coulter Bay Campground.

Jenny Lake is just as beautiful as we remembered it to be

There's not much wildlife to be seen in this park, but as we left the park to go into Jackson Hole, we saw two moose on an island. We hope to see more tomorrow.

Taken on the town square in Jackson, Wyoming this afternoon. There are four antler arches on the corners of the town square - really cool! And the stores have the most beautiful hanging baskets all around.

Old Faithful and other Smelly Sites seen Tues.

"Thar she blows!"

Fire Hole Canyon is where we swam on our first visit to the park with Ryan and Amy in about 95. Does it look familiar? If you'd been along, we might have gone in today too. It's the warmest day we've had in the park, but still pleasant.

We stalked this coyote from the van a long ways down the road out to West Yellowstone this afternoon. They're so scraggly looking.

Yellowstone Lake and River Shots

Last night as we drove back to our campground along Lake Yellowstone,
the sunset's glow was awesome!

This reflection picture we took this morning on our way to Old Faithful

These last three pictures were taken Sabbath morning along the shore of Lake Yellowstone.

Yellowstone's Feathered Friends

Golden Eye - common or barrow??? A little help anybody?

We saw a sign "Eagle Management Area. Do not stop or park" so you can guess what we did to get this picture. . .

Sand Hill Cranes we were told

Carrie - this is your next lens - 600 mm zoom!

Wildlife Extravaganza, etc., at Yellowstone!

In the last 3 days here at Yellowstone, we've seen 9 bears! This black bear was real easy to see without the binocs even!

A family strolling across the road on the east side of the park slowed traffic for awhile.
There are lots of calves in the herds now.

Two baby antelope nursing

This black bear wasn't far off the side of the road yesterday - notice the raised fur on its back? A ranger came and told us all to get back in our cars, and said two visitors had been injured by bears yesterday.

sites up at Mammoth Hot Springs

Our favorite sighting so far! Yesterday evening we saw this grizzly and her two cubs wandering around about 100 yards off the side of the road. We watched from a safe distance for about 30 to 45 minutes!

Mama bear when her cubs had wandered off a little

There she is!

This sign was right along the road where we parked to watch the mama grizzly and her cubs on the road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris.

We had lunch today at the Old Yellowstone Hotel Dining Room - a very scenic view just outside the window added to the felafel and potato salad I had!

This is a cinnamon black bear that was very close to the side of the road today - the closest we've been to one, and yes, we joined the tourists standing along the road watching - rangers were there too with their bear mace.

We just saw this "buffalo jam" today when driving towards the west entrance. They look so huge when they're right beside the car, and they are. We haven't seen them in our campground yet, but there are very obvious traces! Remember when we saw them there beside your tent, Ruthie and Milt, a few years back?

Sabbath in Yellowstone Park

This white pelican is always on this rock in the middle of LeHardy Rapids when we drive by! We picnicked right along the rapids.

We stopped at tons of canyon overlooks Sabbath - how gorge-ous ;)

Driving back to our campground Sabbath evening, we stopped and enjoyed seeing our first bear as well as a wolf, fox with 2 kits and the ever-present bison! The bear was zoomed in a lot in this picture and we enjoyed seeing it clearly through scopes several had set up.

Back at the campground to enjoy s'mores!