We rounded the curve at the top of Mt. Washburn and saw it. Four cars stopped, people looking to the right. I pulled rapidly off on the shoulder. Looking down, less than 10 feet away was a grizzly bear. Mary Ann grabbed her camera and began taking pictures out the window. He moved past, and… Continue reading How Close is Too Close?
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Driving around Yellowstone
Yellowstone is a big park and relatively empty of people, except on the figure ‘8’ loop road that is the only way to travel through the landscape (hikers excluded). Just to get a sense of the scales involved, I clipped the two following images from Google Earth, both taken at 50 miles altitude. While the… Continue reading Driving around Yellowstone
A Bear-y Good Day
And yes, I’m ashamed of the title. With the snow last night, the road over Mt. Washburn was closed, so our trolling-for-wildlife headed from Canyon to Norris and then North to Mammoth Hot Springs. About midway between Norris and Hot Springs, we ran into a rapidly developing Bear-Jam, with the two rangers giving contradictory orders.… Continue reading A Bear-y Good Day