We
spent most of today exploring the North and East sides of
Yellowstone. We drove north from Lake Yellowstone on the Grand Loop
Road. We went through Hayden Valley and stopped at Mud Volcano. In
the Canyon Area, we stopped at the Upper and Lower Falls and saw the
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. We saw the falls from the Artist Point,
Upper Falls and Brink of of Lower Falls lookouts. Then we drove over
alongside the Yellowstone River and over Mount Washburn, where we saw
a significant amount of damage due to forest fires. Along the way we
saw herds of Bison and several Black Bears. We continued past the
Tower-Roosevelt Area (since we plan to stop there tomorrow) through
the Black Tail Plateau and around Mount Everts to Mammoth Hot Springs
where we stopped to see the Upper and Lower Terraces. Elk freely
walked the streets of the Park Headquarters. We continued to the
North Entrance to see the Roosevelt Arch and found some bighorn sheep
upon a cliff. We came back to the Roosevelt Corral where we had a
Cowboy Dinner. It included a wagon ride to a cookout where the
“cowboys” served us a nice dinner. After dinner, we returned to
our hotel stopping several times to view wildlife including two
Grizzly Bears.
Today
turned out to be quite special and by far the best for seeing various
animals up close including both Black and Grizzly Bears which are not
as commonly seen. The only animal we have not yet seen in
Yellowstone is a moose; maybe tomorrow.
Glad you got to see bison that close. That's one of the things you would have seen in Meers, OK.
ReplyDeleteDid you make sure to not look like a "nerd" at the Engineer Office? Not that you usually do look like one.
Enjoying the updates and pictures!