Company Comes to Yellowstone

My cousin Jimmy and his wife Mary came up from Fredrick, Ok. to visit us and see the Greater Yellowstone.   Our first day out we saw Bull Elk, A Grizzly, Black Bear, Bison, Mule Deer, and we belive Mary saw the back side of Big Foot.  We went from the West entrance to Canyon Village over Dunnraven Pass to Tower falls.   We covered a lot of area by car and walked into the Upper Falls over look and some thermal features.

We were once again amused at the way people get as close as possible to wild animals. There was even one gentleman that climbed up the hill to get a closer shot with a 100-400 lens.

The bear you see at the left was 20 feet from the bottom of the road that makes up Dunnraven pass.  There were at least 25 men, women and children that close.  It was hard to get out of the car and be the required 100 yards due to the width of the pass itself and the down hill side being so steep.

This young Bear was not a bit concerned about all the people that was close real close.  From what I understand its this bear that is use to humans presence that is the most dangerous.  Liz called the Ranger station to report the bear on the side of the road, so hopefully  there won't be a accident and the bear is put down for someone else's ignorance. 

Jimmy brought a nice pair of binoculars that we used to get a close up on the wildlife and water falls.  We had a good time visiting and running around Yellowstone.