Going on a bear hunt

Seeing wildlife in their natural habitat was one of the things I enjoyed most during our trip. We have seen a snake, chipmunks, ground squirrels, a marmot, geese,

praire dogs,

big horned sheep,

pronghorns/antelope

osprey,

a moose and her baby

elk

buffalo

female elk lounging in the median

but the best thing I saw was the grizzly bear. We had been in Yellowstone for 3 days and I had only seen a bear from a great distance for only a second. It was so far away and moving that I only got a glimpse of him. It was Tuesday night when we overheard a family talking about seeing 11 bears. Chris and I got serious and went to the wildlife viewing area to sit and wait.

When we arrived, the cars were stacked up and we knew that there was something very interesting there. By the time Chris got the beast pulled over on the side of the road, I saw a head pop up from the sagebrush. It was a grizzly. The longer we watched, we saw it was a mama bear and her two cubs. She would dig and dig, then a few moments later, the little cubs would come running to her. They would munch on something for a few minutes then move on to another area and she would dig again.

On our way back to the campsite, in the meadow beside our campground, this grizzly was hanging out, digging around too. So our bear hunt yielded 4 bears!!!