This picture is for Jana. Its a close up of one of the Grizzlies at the Yellowstone Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone. Our trip to Yellowstone and the Tetons in August was full of bears, some caged, others not. The story goes something like the commentary below. Its been a few months so my recollection is a little fuzzy.
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| This bear was re-homed in West Yellowstone with its twin after their mother was killed in Alaska. We visited the Center for the afternoon on our way from Papa Jim's to the Teton Climbers Ranch. There are several "bad" grizzlies, wolves, and birds of prey in captivity. These bears are absolutely massive. |
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| We went on a lovely hike around String Lakes. Lindsey and Chris are walking down the steps to the lake shore. Snuggles in tow. |
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| While taking this picture, unbeknownst to us, a black bear is standing right behind us eating berries. We knew there was a black bear in the area and had seen it on the trail so turned around and started heading back to the car. After 10 mins of walking I stopped to take a picture of this osprey nest and we watched the ospreys take off and land a few times. I turned around to talk to Chris (who had Lindsey in the backpack) and I saw what was probably a 300 pound black bear but in my mind it might has well been a grizzly. The bear doesn't care we are near him and is just eating berries. Berries are everywhere... I say to Chris "hey, that black bear is about 10 feet behind you", we start walking away quickly and Chris says "hey, did you get any pictures"? Are you kidding me??? Now Lindsey talks about bears and says "bears walk on the trail and eat berries". I say wow, glad our bear spray was at home in our basement. WTF? |
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| Doesn't everyone walk like a penguin when hiking? |
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| We rode the Jackson Hole Resort tram up to the top of the ski area. Lindey and Chris taking in a view of the range. |
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| Deuces |
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| Tram ride back down to the resort |
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