MAY & JUNE

I've never kept a journal so blogging does not come easy for me.  I feel that I should be writing about my travels or something of interest to others instead of everyday life.  But I'm going to give this blogging another try.

 

I just read over my last few post and realize nothing worked out the way I thought.  My mother had to cancel our European cruise.  I didn't get to take any overnight trips in my van this spring because  I spent all my money going to Yellowstone at the end of May.  The trip was expensive and I ended up with debt.

Yellowstone is hard to say no to even when your broke.  I traveled with a friend and my daughter and it was a fantastic trip.  This is my third trip to Yellowstone and I can never get enough.  We flew into Idaho Falls airport and rented a car, entering through West Yellowstone.  We spent 3 nights at Mammoth and 3 nights at Old Faithful, then we drove through the Tetons to spend a night at Jackson Hole.  We wanted to spend a night in Jackson Hole to buy more supplies (mostly water & junk food) and to see moose.  We were very lucky to get pictures of 2 moose, one was about  15 feet from the car.  We also saw our only bald eagle while looking for moose.  Then we returned to Yellowstone for 2 nights and Canyon Village.

The bears were very active this year.  We saw grizzly's in the Tetons and near the Morning Glory pool at Old Faithful.  We were also lucky to see black bears in Lamar Valley,  West Yellowstone entrance and just north of the Tower store we saw a momma and 2 cubs. 

 

We had an opportunity to watch a pack of wolves in Lamar Valley.  This was the first time I had heard them howling, a very eerie sound.  We spent about an hour watching them moving  back and forth across the river.  There was another pack in Lamar Valley with pups but our equipment was not powerful enough to see them when they came out of their den.  A good pair of binoculars and camera zoom lens are great but sometimes you just need a scope.

 

 

That's all for now.  I'll be posting more pictures later.

Have a great day!