Day 4, Memorial Day Weekend, ANIMALS

Yes it is true, the last post, though these are all for my sake, not yours so stop reading if you are annoyed! Anyways being in Yellowstone for a short amount of time means that you look for animals mainly because you are driving alot! We were not disappointed. We turned the corner from our camp and headed to Old Faithful and saw a guy sprint toward his car. A big papa Grizzly up on hind legs growling and swatting the air. We got there in time to drive between the bear and the guy if needed. It was not. As soon as the bear saw our car he backed down. He did go up on his hind legs a couple more times, but we couldn't click the camera fast enough. Heart pounding, that was fun. We had bison across the river from our tent, and lots of elk. Springtime meant lots of babies and they were fun. Already mentioned the ground squirrels, more bison, more elk. Driving away from Mammoth, I felt satisfied with our animal spotting though a little dissappointed we were going into bear country and they seemed to be on the other side then out came papa black bear, down the hill side. We passed that mob of people to be stopped by two rangers directing traffic, come to find the momma and baby black bear just up the road from papa. Now I was very satisfied. We have only seen wolves from a very far distance, so didn't expect that. We went on and saw regular deer, very unusual for Yellowstone, and one cyote.
We made it home to Utah around 10:30. I think Bowyn got the hint that it is okay to sleep in the car. After we left Yellowstone, he slept almost the whole way home. Busy weekend, but we made the most of it. We had a lot of fun, hope you had a great weekend also.
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