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June 19th, 2007

Yellowstone National Park

Northwest Wyoming

Today, we woke up early after a long sleep in our tent.  We packed up our stuff and drove into Yellowstone.  There were many cars on the road, and we at first thought there was a traffic jam.  Luckily, it was due to a Bald Eagle's nest, filled with baby eagles.  The mother eagle was nearby and sat perched, posing for pictures.  Then, we went to the Norris Geyser Basin, to see a bunch of different types of hot springs, geysers, and bubbling pools. 

Next, we drove to the southeast side of the park to see more wildlife.  Luckily, we came across baby coyotes who were very active and playful right by the side of the road.  We also saw many buffalo, baby buffalo and more deer.  Driving back north, we saw many cars stopped again, and this time, we were told that there were wolves in the distance.  On the other side a river, we saw two wolves and a baby wolf, strolling across a field.  After this, we went to Artists' Point, in the Grand Canyon of The Yellowstone, to view the Lower Falls.  Spectacular. 

We grabbed some lunch at Canyon Village before heading off to Inspiration Point and Red Rock overlook to catch another view of the canyon from the other side.  After this, we went towards Mt. Washburn, where we heard people had been seeing bears in the past few days.  Well, at first it looked as if we would be out of luck... but some venturing into the woods and waiting gave us an amazing view of a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs!  To top that off, we saw a black bear cub about 10 minutes later, down in another field. 

With the late afternoon approaching, we only had time for one more stop: Mammoth Hot Springs.  This geothermal area was one of the coolest and weirdest ones we had seen yet.  The white, ice resembling features, mixed with oranges, browns and yellows provided a really nice view to end our Yellowstone trip.  We got into car and drove about 6 hours to Polson, Montana, to a camp ground about 60 miles south of Glacier National Park.  See you there tomorrow!

 
 
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Copyright, Alon Y. Mass, 2007

Photos of June 19th, 2007

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A collection of animals we luckily saw...

The thermal hot springs at Norris Basin

Neal in front of The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Alon in front of The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

A Grizzly bear mother and her two cubs, amidst wild flowers

  Some of the wild flowers of Yellowstone