Yellowstone
I am blessed to live so close to Yellowstone National Park. The sad part is I hadn’t visited Yellowstone in almost 2 years! There always seems to be some reason to put a visit off until later. Later finally came last weekend as my family and I headed to the Park (as they call it here) for camping and wildlife viewing. The weather was cool and rainy, but we stayed warm and our tent stayed dry. We took a horseback ride, much to my daughter’s delight, and got rained and hailed on. We had our first bear sighting ever in Yellowstone, and then our second, third, and fourth. The bison were more active than I’d ever seen them as it was the “rut” (mating season). I don’t have a favorite time to visit Yellowstone because each season brings its own surprises. Here are a few photos I took. Click on the thumbnails to get a larger image.
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- Lodgepole Pines against stormy sky.
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- Bull and cow bison sparring in the middle of the road.
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- Grizzly bear strolling through the Lamar Valley.
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- Hot spring in Upper Geyser Basin.
