Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Wild Road Trip


 One of the best parts about being an innsitter is that you get to take road trips all the time! [Well, I think that is a great thing but Kirk might like to be "home" more]. Fortunately he does love to drive across the american west.
On our last road trip from Colorado to Oregon we stopped in
Yellowstone Park to meet a couple of our best friends - Ruth and Glen - for a few days of wildlife viewing.


And we saw lots of amazing animals:




 Of course we saw bison but we got to watch this big guy take a nap and then wake up for a snack. We are smart enough not to get to close but he seemed really unconcerned about all the humans watching him eat lunch so we got some good photos.






This elk was in a large heard early in the morning as the light was rising on the mountains - so beautiful! He was contentedly grazing until he heard two other elk "bugling" across the valley and then he raised his head to add his two cents worth. Such a majestic sight!



 But the best wildlife that we saw was this grizzly bear. Isn't she a beauty? OK, we were not sure about the gender but she looked like a mama to me. Glen had set up a spotting scope so that we could get a really close look at her. We spent almost an hour just watching her amble across the meadow. There were special rangers patrolling the area so that no one got too close. It did give you chills to see how calm she was but how large and powerful.  Wow!

   On the last day of our WILD ROAD TRIP we also saw a moose but I did not get any photos so you will have to take my word for that!


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