More Sensory Overload at Yellowstone

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Kerry forgot to set the refrigerator on low last night, so this morning his lemons were frozen and the milk for our cereal came out in chunks.
Within 1/4 mile of the main intersection from Canyon Village, we saw another gray wolf. Down the road near Virginia Cascades Road, a bison was calmly grazing along the side of the road. We saw more bison along Virginia Cascades Road.
As we neared Mammoth Hot Springs, there were cars pulled off the road and some stopped in the road. There was a black bear just ambling along the hillside. Not as close as the grizzlies, but close enough for us to be awed by it.
At Mammoth Hot Springs we walked around the upper terrace area until we couldn't go any further. It was a lot of up and down, and it was pretty hot, too. Kerry decided to go get the car and pick me up and he saw another black bear, a shiny black one. Black bear can be any color from light brown to black.
We saw Undine Falls and had lunch at an overlook of the Yellowstone River Valley. We went to the Petrified Tree, but decided not to climb the path.
At Tower, we turned east and drove through the Lamar Valley. We had been told there is lots of wildlife there. We saw bison and pronghorn, and that's about it. The Valley is beautiful, though.

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Photos

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Norris Geyser Basin

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Black bear

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Upper Terrace area, Mammoth Hot Springs

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Bison don't mind holding up traffic.

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Lamar Valley

Comments

[Pat]

Bison
The bison on the road how wonderful to be so close. Isn't our country beautiful? Enjoy