Friday - headed home

Stopped by the Great Salt Lake before going to the airport.

Thursday

Today we drove from Yellowstone NP to Logan, UT to be closer to the airport. We saw a moose and some other strange animals along the way. We drove through the largest elk antler arch in the world in Afton, WY.

Wednesday - The Climb

On Wednesday we took a leisurely stroll up Mt Washburn then moved from Canyon Village to Lake Village. We saw another grizzly beside the road.

Tourist Day

Today we woke up to another 2 inches of snow and toured the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and the Old Faithful Area. On the way back to our cabins we watched a mother elk try to make her calf cross the Firehole River.

Move from Roosevelt to Canyon

Toured the Norris Geyser Basin on our way to Canyon Lodge, but the highlight of the day was a good grizzly bear sighting. It snowed on us again at Canyon Lodge.

More Sunday pictures

After breakfast, we toured Mammoth Hot Springs in the snow, hiked along the rim of the Grand Canyon of yellowstone and looked for wildlife.

Sunday in north Yellowstone

We got up at 4:00am today. Indoor and Outdoor temp 34degrees. Left for Lamar Valley at 4:30 in hopes that we might see a wolf in the distance. At 4:54 2 wolves ran in front of our car. We then watch a very close range 3 wolves hunting for about an hour. Unbelievable!!! Blakes dream came true. When we return to the room for breakfast (blueberry pancakes) we had bison roaming the parking lot. After breakfast we saw a grizzly sow and 2 cubs in a distance. It is snowing like crazy!!!!

From Grand Teton to Yellowstone

On Saturday we drove from Grand Teton NP to Yellowstone NP. Stopped to view the West Thumb Geyser Basin. It has snowed on us off and on since we got to Yellowstone. Today saw a black bear that had just taken an elk calf and watched and heard the mother elk circle the bear and call her calf. Have also seen moose, mountain goats and bighorn sheep. We are staying in primitive cabins with only a wood burning stove for heat and no Internet and no cell service.

West Thumb Geyser Basin

Elk mother in upper left and black bear in lower right at base of tree.

Mountain goat

Bighorn Sheep

Moose calf

Cabin

Getting ready to head north

Rafting and more fun

Water temperature 47 degrees. Air temperture 54 degrees. Perfect weather for rafting, right? Well, apparently we thought so. It was great! The company provided wetsuits, fleece jackets and splash jackets at not charge and believe it or not, we were comfortable the whole trip. Later we visited the Gros Ventre Slide site and then went to Signal Mountain Lodge for dinner. Then more wildlife viewing on the way back. Another great day!

Before

During

After

Gros Ventre Slide

Some of use were more hungry than the others

And still room for dessert?!?

American White Pelican

Sandhill Crane with Canada Geese and elk

Another elk