Yesterday we took off in the late afternoon to Yellowstone National Park. We happened to see this black bear just a few miles past the upper east entrance to the park. It was just happy to have found these tasty flowers that it did not mind us in our car as we drove by. We saw many other types of wild life on our afternoon trip. We saw a grizzly by Mount Washburn just rooting for bugs under the fallen logs. We also saw a cow moose sitting in the tall grass. There was even a coyote hunting along the road in the Lamar Valley. We saw a lot of geese and pelicans both on the rivers and near the shore of Yellowstone Lake. There were two male elk just after the Canyon area that were busy eating the green grass near the road. We also saw bison everywhere. Even got to see two males pushing each other around. They were making a lot of grunting noises and a lot of dust to go with it. One even got traped in the traffic walking down the road near the Fishing Bridge area. It was a very enjoyable trip, the weather was just perfect for afternoon viewing. Not too cool and not too hot just about 70 degrees.

Last Saturday we again went to Yellowstone National Park. The trip down from Billings was a little harry to say the least. We had snow and patches of ice to deal with but it was well worth the trip. This picture was taken in the Lamar Valley just after the sun broke through the clouds about mid morning. The trees were so white with frost and the snow was wiped clean of any animal tracks. We did see a lot of Bison and a few Coyotes moving around in the snow in a few places. There were even a few Bald Eagles flying up in the sky. It was a very pretty day.

Windmill of the past

Last Saturday we were driving around the dirt roads of Molt Montana. When I saw this windmill I just had to take it's picture. We also saw lots of birds of prey, Bald Eagles and many different types of hawks. We even got a glimpse of a Ring Neck Pheasant running across the road ahead of us. There were numerous abandoned homesteads doting the horizon standing as testimony to the past.

Went to Yellowstone Park after the first of the year.

This lucky fellow was just sunning himself next to the road heading towards Cook City from Mammoth in Yellowstone National Park. It was a cold but sunny day. The temps ranged from -16 degrees heading towards Cook City and then returning back through the Lamar Valley towards Mammoth Hot Springs the temps jumped up to 11 degrees. We saw about three Coyotes, five large bull elks, one cottontail and many bison on our trip through the upper Yellowstone that day.