2nd Day in Yellowstone - Morning

On the second morning

we saw these elk.

The elk just love to eat!

No posing today.

The Bison and the

cute baby bison take a nap.

Going to find another place

to eat, I suppose!

The bison sharing the land

with the birds.

Interesting that the birds

& the bison live in harmony.

Of course there was road work. We had

to wait around 15-20 minutes.

We've seen a lot of bison

but no bears!

Something we found on a side road.

Sheepeater Cliff:

This cliff was named for the Shoshone

Indians who lived throughout this

mountainous region.

Their use of bighorn sheep earned them

the name "Tukadika" or "Sheepeaters".

The cliff is basalt lava that formed

"columnar joints" when it cooled

nearly 500,000 years ago.

And then finally we saw it!

Grizzly Bears!

We saw them from quite a distance-

can you see them in the middle

by the trees? 4 cubs & a Momma.

We could hardly see them either.

This nice man named Bart (who had

a German accent) let me put my

camera on his very expensive

lens to take a picture.

There were so many photographers with

their cameras set up!

And so I was able to take these pictures.

There were 4 cubs & a Momma.

But I could only get a picture of 3 cubs.

They were just like little kids,

playing & wrestling with each other.

We were happy to see the Grizzly Family!

A little tip to see things is to stop when you

see a lot of cars & a park ranger!