Monday, June 30: Yellowstone Wildlife--Bison

American bison are easily seen in Yellowstone, but not always up close. This one was close to the road, and very cooperative for this photo op. The buffaloes have shed nearly all of their heavy winter coats now. It will soon be time for them to begin growing them again for next winter.

Sunday, June 29: Yellowstone at last!

When we arrived at Yellowstone National Park we were pleased to get a campsite for three nights at Norris Campground. We took our first drive around the northern loop and had a close encounter with a Grizzly Bear! He was calmly munching greens on the right shoulder of our road! Jan was driving, and was excited to begin our very own "bear jam". Since I am the designated photographer and was driving at the time, we failed to get a photo of this beautiful blonde bear. He looked about half grown, and was not the least concerned with our presence!

One of the small waterfalls. There was still a small amount of snow on the mountains, so these falls are from the snowmelt runoff. Later in the summer they will be gone.

We entered from the east side, so one of our first views was of beautiful Lake Yellowstone, with the snowy mountains reflected in the water. This is the largest freshwater lake in the world.